Associations to the word «Protectiveness»

Wiktionary

PROTECTIVENESS, noun. The quality of being protective

Dictionary definition

PROTECTIVENESS, noun. A feeling of protective affection.
PROTECTIVENESS, noun. The quality of providing protection; "statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats