"defensiveness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈfɛnsɪvnəs/ [UK] Forms: defensivenesses [plural]
Etymology: From defensive + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|defensive|ness}} defensive + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} defensiveness (usually uncountable, plural defensivenesses)
  1. The state or quality of being defensive. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state or quality): defensiivisyys (Finnish), hárítás (Hungarian), elhárítás (Hungarian), védekezés (Hungarian), defenzivitás (Hungarian)

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