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• n  a feeling of protective affection
• n  the quality of providing protection
  statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination

• Soon my ferocious protectiveness soured into tired irritation.
• His feelings of protectiveness toward his own boy Ben (now 10, and the brother of Audrey, 7) inspired the father-son story; a dentist's office fish tank, remembered from his .
• She stirs sentiments not of lust but of protectiveness and awe; everybody around wants to adopt her, escort her or be her.

News & Articles

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• You’re a New Dad—Now What?
  First-time fathers experience many emotions: love, responsibility, protectiveness, and even fear. And, whatever the father’s relationship is with the baby’s mother, both parents’ lives are forever changed.
  June 15, 2013 - Skanner

Quotes

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• Phil Tippett in MTV.com
  Through non-language pantomime on the wolf's part, he had to appear to be engaged and try to make his expressions telegraph the tragic love that is their relationship,Tippett said. "So there is a sad kind of a longing and protectiveness...
• Tom Stoppard in guardian.co.uk
  On whether there is more emotional heart in his later work, Stoppard says: "I recognise some truth in that. It indicates some loss of self-protectiveness - a shyness in my 20s and 30s. You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the...
• Barack Obama in New York Times
  I think there is a protectiveness and a skepticism within the African-American community that is grounded in their experiences,Mr. Obama said in an interview. "But the skepticism doesn't mean there'sa lack of support."