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English
Etymology
From overprotective + -ness.
Noun
overprotectiveness (uncountable)
- The state or condition of being overprotective.
1982, Rita Beck Black, Bruce P. Hermann, Jean Thatcher Shope, Nursing Management of Epilepsy, page 97:Among the reactions with which the child must learn to cope are overprotectiveness, overpermissiveness, anger or embarrassment, and rejection by society.
1985 August 17, Rosemary Romberg, “Gay Info Trickles Down To Straights”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 5:I also later learned that my friend had selectively sent me only part of what he had obtained from Mr. Berkeley's files, deciding not to share with me other writings which were more "kinky" or "obscene." Whether this was overprotectiveness and "male chauvinism" towards me, or a need to protect his identity with the gay world, on the part of my friend, I will not commence to judge.
Translations
the state or condition of being overprotective