defensiveness

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈfɛnsɪvnəs/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being defensive. uncountable,usually
    — The gay vs. straight confrontation has been dealt with before in movies and plays but never with the gay character in control and never so free of defensiveness or homosexual guilt.

词形变化

defensivenesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English defensive
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English defensiveness
From defensive + -ness.
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