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Definition of Protectiveness

1. Noun. A feeling of protective affection.

2. Noun. The quality of providing protection. "Statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination"

Definition of Protectiveness

1. n. The quality or state of being protective.

Definition of Protectiveness

1. Noun. The quality of being protective ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Protectiveness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protectiveness

protectionism protectionisms protectionist protectionists protections protective protective(p) protective coloration protective cover protective covering

protective embankment protective fold protective garment protective tariff protectively protectiveness protectivity protector protectoral protectorate

protectorates protectorial protectories protectorless protectors protectorship protectorships protectory protectour protectress

Literary usage of Protectiveness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hazardous Waste Sites: Improved Effectiveness of Controls at Sites Could by John B. Stephenson (2005)
"Monitoring of institutional controls at Superfund sites after they have been implemented may be inadequate to ensure their continued protectiveness. ..."

2. Superfund And Mining Megasites: Lessons from the Coeur D'alene River Basin by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"Here, the Selected Remedy is sufficiently protective in the context of its scope, even though it does not, by itself, meet the statutory protectiveness ..."

3. The Wonderful Century: Its Successes and Its Failures by Alfred Russel Wallace (1898)
"Hence " appears " in place of " is " or " does "; and their seven conclusions as to the value and protectiveness of vaccination all under the heading—" We ..."

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