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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERPROTECTION

overprotection  [ˌəʊvəprəˈtɛkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERPROTECTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overprotection is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVERPROTECTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overprotection in the English dictionary

The definition of overprotection in the dictionary is the act or instance of being overprotective.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERPROTECTION


affection
əˈfɛkʃən
collection
kəˈlɛkʃən
connection
kəˈnɛkʃən
correction
kəˈrɛkʃən
detection
dɪˈtɛkʃən
direction
dɪˈrɛkʃən
election
ɪˈlɛkʃən
infection
ɪnˈfɛkʃən
injection
ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən
inspection
ɪnˈspɛkʃən
intersection
ˌɪntəˈsɛkʃən
microdetection
ˌmaɪkrəʊdɪˈtɛkʃən
perfection
pəˈfɛkʃən
projection
prəˈdʒɛkʃən
protection
prəˈtɛkʃən
radioprotection
ˌraɪdɪəʊprəˈtɛkʃən
reflection
rɪˈflɛkʃən
resurrection
ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃən
section
ˈsɛkʃən
selection
sɪˈlɛkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERPROTECTION

overpress
overpressure
overprice
overpriced
overprint
overprivileged
overprize
overprocess
overproduce
overproduction
overprogram
overprogrammed
overprogramming
overpromise
overpromote
overproof
overproportion
overprotect
overprotective
overproud

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERPROTECTION

accreditation
action
addiction
attraction
auction
construction
course of action
court of competent jurisdiction
destruction
fiction
function
instruction
interaction
introduction
out of action
production
reaction
reduction
reproduction
satisfaction
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of overprotection in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overprotection» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERPROTECTION

Find out the translation of overprotection to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overprotection from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overprotection» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

过度保护
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobreprotección
570 millions of speakers

English

overprotection
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overprotection
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحماية المفرطة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гиперопека
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

superproteção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overprotection
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surprotection
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overprotection
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überprotektion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過保護
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과보호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overprotection
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overprotection
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overprotection
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Overprotection
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşırı koruma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

iperprotezione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nadopiekuńczość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гіперопіка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supraprotecție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερπροστασία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorbeskerming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overprotection
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overbeskyttelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overprotection

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERPROTECTION»

The term «overprotection» is normally little used and occupies the 124.028 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERPROTECTION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overprotection

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERPROTECTION»

Discover the use of overprotection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overprotection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Maternal Overprotection
This is a study of the number of experiences that may reinforce maternal behavior without assuming that the explanation must necessarily and primarily psychoneurosis, as in 'compensatory overprotection' based on unconscious hostility to the ...
David M. Levy, 1966
2
Trends and Prospects in Metacognition Research
3.3.2 Evidence from Parental Care and Overprotection The reliability coefficients (Cronbach's a), descriptive statistics and correlation coefficients for the PBI-BC are displayed in Table 14.4. Research based on adolescent populations report ...
Anastasia Efklides, Plousia Misailidi, 2010
3
The Effect of Peanut/tree Nut Allergy on Perceived Parental ...
As expected, maternal care and maternal overprotection, as measured by the PBI , were negatively related, r(384) = -.38,p < .01. Higher ratings of maternal care were associated with lower ratings of maternal overprotection and vice versa.
Linda A. Jones Herbert, 2007
4
Parental Overprotection During Childhood: Is it Associated ...
Secondary analyses were conducted from a longitudinal project investigating the social-emotional functioning of children with a chronic illness and comparison peers.
Anna Marie Drury, 2006
5
Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques: Abstracts
Variables Measured: Adolescents' views of parents with respect to rejection, emotional warmth, overprotection, and parental favoritism toward siblings Type of Instrument: Questionnaire Samples Measured: Scale construction resulted from ...
John Touliatos, Barry F. Perlmutter, Murray Arnold Straus, 2001
6
Culture and Family: Problems and Therapy
world, the nature, style, and severity of the child abuse varies greatly among cultures. Child Overprotection The matter of child overprotection (otherwise known as maternal overprotection) as a phenomenon of parent-child relational problems ...
Wen-Shing Tseng, Jing Xu, 1991
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Taming the Troublesome Child: American Families, Child ...
Levy's papers are located in the History of Psychiatry Section, Department of Psychiatry, New York Hospital- Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Maternal Overprotection was Levy's best-known work, but see also see his earlier reports ...
Kathleen W. Jones, 1999
8
Measures for Clinical Practice: Couples, families, and children
The PBI was constructed on the basis of two variables deemed important in developing a bond between parent and child: caring (with the opposite extreme being indifference or rejection), and overprotection (with the opposite extreme being ...
Joel Fischer, 1994
9
Safe and Sound: Protecting Your Child in an Unpredictable World
A child's response to overprotection is further tempered by specific motivations behind his or her overprotection and by the circumstances of his or her family life: Was the child born or adopted after a long period of infertility or unsuccessful ...
Vanessa L. Ochs, 1995
10
The Roots of the Ego
Most studies refer only to maternal overprotection of the son (89). The fact that the daughter is only in exceptional cases the object and victim of the mother's overprotection can be explained in two — complementary, not alternative — ways: as ...
Carl Frankenstein, 1967

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERPROTECTION»

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1
Overprotection restricting Zimbabwe's mobile money market
Mobile money platforms are evolving in Zimbabwe but need to rise above what industry experts have described as 'protectionism' by operators, ... «ITWeb Africa, Jul 15»
2
My free-range parenting manifesto
Want more tales from the annals of government overprotection? Last year, four Rhode Island legislators proposed a bill that would make it ... «Politico, Jul 15»
3
Google, Facebook, Dell Take Samsung's Side In Patent Infringement …
The company argued that allowing the ruling to stand would "invite overprotection and overcompensation for design patents, free from the ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
4
You Win Some, You Lose Some
This may be too harsh, but overprotection is a lazy way out of teaching a child life lessons. Sometimes as a society we always focus on fixing ... «SportsBlog.com, Jul 15»
5
Overuse of Antibiotics Linked To Juvenile Arthritis
It could be parents' overprotection, who are trying to mend their child's illness as quick as possible, or it could be blamed on doctors so easily ... «Mirror Daily, Jul 15»
6
Are you keeping your child too clean?
"All this overprotection makes the immune system not do the fighting and go to another direction and may fight normal innocent agents like ... «Shreveport Times, Jul 15»
7
Excerpts from CNBC Transcript: In conversation with... F.W. de Klerk
... too much prescriptiveness, there is over regulation and the last thing on the economic side is the overprotection of unions, unbalanced labour ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
8
Risky play, frisky children: When does a careful free rein become …
Risky play, frisky children: When does a careful free rein become overprotection? Allowing small children to rough-and-tumble and climb trees ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
9
A Female Producer Explains Four Ways Women Get a Raw Deal in …
“There is an inherent overprotection, almost 'victimization,' of female talent by their agents, managers, and lawyers that you just don't see with ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
10
Friendly Artificial Intelligence: Parenthood and the Fear of …
... already do this. Consider, for instance, the overprotection of American children and the conversion of US education into a series of exams. «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jul 15»

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