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Definition of Overprotective
1. Adjective. Overly protective. "Overprotective parents"
Definition of Overprotective
1. Adjective. excessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overprotective
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overprotective
Literary usage of Overprotective
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. You Can Choose to Be Happy: "Rise Above" Anxiety, Anger, and Depression by Tom G. Stevens (1998)
"Many parents are too overprotective. They do not give their children ...
Being overprotective and being too punitive both tend to increase fear of failure. ..."
2. Prevention Primer: An Encyclopedia of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... including: <UC\ • Outright intentional exclusion; • Overprotective rules and
policies; • Segregation or relegation to lesser services or programs; ..."
3. Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abusers by Alfred S. Friedman (1998)
"Usually the over-involved, indulgent, overprotective parent is of the opposite
sex of the abuser. . . . Schwartzman (1975) notes how all members help to ..."
4. Psychosocial Issues for Children and Families in Disasters: A Guide for the by Stanford B. Friedman (1996)
"If a parent relies too heavily on the child for support, or alternatively, is
overprotective, a child's personal resolution of the effects of a disaster may ..."
5. Review of the Department of Defense Research Program on Low-Level Exposures by Best, Committee on Toxicology, NetLibrary, Inc, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"... conditions when n > 1 would tend to underestimate the concentration one can
be exposed to for a given response contour and thus would be overprotective. ..."
6. Oversight of the Professional Boxing Industry: Hearing Before the Committee edited by John McCain (2000)
"I have worked with athletic commissions that were overprotective and overbearing
to the detriment of the sport. I have also worked with commissions that ..."
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