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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to protectiveness:   (123 results)

Often used in the same context:
paternal, neediness, possessiveness, haughtiness, precociousness, uptightness, orneriness, solicitousness, resentfulness, pushiness, contentedness, egocentricity, smugness, cuteness, imperiousness, benignity, affection, tenderness, gregariousness, obsessiveness, oedipal complex, nosiness, ambitiousness, defensiveness, blitheness, loathing, respectfulness, ambivalence, jealousy, priggishness, artlessness, translucence, tallness, overprotection, aloneness, ruefulness, bashfulness, comeliness, sexlessness, carefulness, imperviousness, crabbiness, diffidence, effeminacy, misandry, fastidiousness, closeness, homeliness, coolness, empathy, niceness, watchfulness, horniness, jadedness, ungainliness, solicitude, cluelessness, flightiness, surliness, friskiness, gentleness, boastfulness, nonchalance, prickliness, destructiveness, mothering, sullenness, permanence, narcissism, obnoxiousness, beneficence, daintiness, punctiliousness, dailiness, comfortableness, embattlement, nurturance, glossiness, coldness, irrepressibility, haphazardness, sexiness, chilliness, skinniness, heedlessness, inquisitiveness, abusiveness, awkwardness, impassivity, condescension, chubbiness, inarticulateness, mischievousness, spitefulness, lugubriousness, chumminess, kindliness, snootiness, miserliness, worldliness, creepiness, specialness, fondness, compassion, liking, revulsion, sensitiveness, desire, shyness, aggressiveness, camaraderie, delicacy, partiality, repugnance, yearning

Appears in the definition of:
fatherliness, paternal quality

More general:
affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, tenderness, warmheartedness

Also try:
— Adjectives for protectiveness: over, fierce, maternal, parental, self, male, paternal, mutual, excessive, certain, greater, more...

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