| NOUN | feeling | protectiveness | a feeling of protective affection |
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| attribute | protectiveness | the quality of providing protection |
| Meaning | A feeling of protective affection. | |
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| Broader | affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia | A positive feeling of liking |
| Adjectives | protective | showing care |
| Meaning | The quality of providing protection. | |
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| Example | "statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination" | |
| Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| Adjectives | protective | intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind |
| protective | (usually followed by 'of') solicitously caring or mindful | |
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