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- noun The state or condition of being
overprotective .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I had some family and friends who were put out by my 'overprotectiveness' and 'sheltering'.
Resting at Home after birth Margaret 2007
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Solomon Kugel is the book's hard-luck everymensch, a hypochondriac whose flailing overprotectiveness has prompted the family's relocation to the countryside.
So This Is Green Acres? Oy. Sam Sacks 2012
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“It could be a simple case of overprotectiveness,” Tropp said.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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“It could be a simple case of overprotectiveness,” Tropp said.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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All his overprotectiveness was channeled elsewhere.
Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010
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All his overprotectiveness was channeled elsewhere.
Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010
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Besides, his overprotectiveness was getting on my nerves.
Bring On the Night Jeri Smith-Ready 2010
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Besides, his overprotectiveness was getting on my nerves.
Bring On the Night Jeri Smith-Ready 2010
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So my overprotectiveness was in overdrive, right from the start.
Winter Bloom Tara Heavey 2010
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All his overprotectiveness was channeled elsewhere.
Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010
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