defensiveness
/dɪˈfɛnsɪvnəs/
构词拆解
- -ness
- Appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute. · Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
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名词noun
- 1The state or quality of being defensive.