Defenition of the word defensiveness

• Defenition of the word defensiveness

  • excessive sensitivity to criticism; "his defensiveness was manifested in hurt silence"; "the fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians'' defensiveness"
  • excessive sensitivity to criticism

Hyponyms for the word defensiveness

• • bunker mentality

Hypernyms for the word defensiveness

• • sensitiveness
  • sensitivity

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