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Noun: protectiveness  pru'tek-tiv-nus
  1. A feeling of protective affection
     
  2. The quality of providing protection
    "statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination"

Type of: affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, quality, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness

Encyclopedia: Protectiveness