单词	defensiveness
释义	defensiveness /dɪˈfɛnsɪvnəs / noun [mass noun] 1The quality of being anxious to challenge or avoid criticism: the police reacted with defensiveness and hostility to the disclosure Jane had a note of defensiveness in her voice... He observes more closely what happens in relationships, without criticism or defensiveness. Quite a few responders have responded with an unusual amount of strained seriousness and defensiveness. The danger now is a new polarisation born out of fear and defensiveness in us men. 2Behaviour intended to defend or protect: defensiveness of the hive was related to the size of the colony... Judd has studied the defensiveness of wasps throughout of the colony cycle of Polistes fuscatus. See Guzman-Novoa et al. for more details about methods for testing the defensiveness of honeybee colonies. Perhaps some day, political leaders will listen to them as well as to the silent majority and put their house in order instead of adopting an aggressive new nationalist defensiveness?
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