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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"

Derived forms: protectivenesses

See also: protective

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

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protectionist
protective
protective coloration
protective cover
protective covering
protective embankment
protective fold
protective garment
protective tariff
protectively
protectiveness
protector
Protector of Boundaries
protectoral
protectorate
protectorship
protégé
protégée
Proteidae
protein
protein folding