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 | ||