defensiveness
Overview of noun defensiveness
The noun defensiveness has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. defensiveness -- (excessive sensitivity to criticism; "his defensiveness was manifested in hurt silence"; "the fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians' defensiveness")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun defensiveness
1 sense of defensiveness
Sense 1
defensiveness
=> sensitivity, sensitiveness
=> ability
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun defensiveness
1 sense of defensiveness
Sense 1
defensiveness
=> bunker mentality
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun defensiveness
1 sense of defensiveness
Sense 1
defensiveness
=> sensitivity, sensitiveness
Antonyms of noun defensiveness
Member Holonyms of noun defensiveness
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Part Holonyms of noun defensiveness
Member Meronyms of noun defensiveness
Substance Meronyms of noun defensiveness
Part Meronyms of noun defensiveness
Meronyms of noun defensiveness
Holonyms of noun defensiveness
Attributes of noun defensiveness
Derived Forms of noun defensiveness
Domain of noun defensiveness
Domain Terms of noun defensiveness
Familiarity of noun defensiveness
defensiveness used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun defensiveness
1 sense of defensiveness
Sense 1
defensiveness
> sensitivity, sensitiveness
=> antenna, feeler
=> defensiveness
=> perceptiveness
Meronyms of noun defensiveness
1 sense of defensiveness
Holonyms of noun defensiveness
Grep of noun defensiveness
defensiveness
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