English noun: protectiveness | |||
1. | protectiveness (feeling) a feeling of protective affection | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness | ||
2. | protectiveness (attribute) the quality of providing protection | ||
Samples | Statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||