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Meaning of "self-protective" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-PROTECTIVE

self-protective  [ˌsɛlfprəˈtɛktɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-PROTECTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Protective is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SELF-PROTECTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of self-protective in the English dictionary

The definition of self-protective in the dictionary is protecting or defending yourself.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELF-PROTECTIVE


affective
əˈfɛktɪv
collective
kəˈlɛktɪv
corrective
kəˈrɛktɪv
cryoprotective
ˌkraɪəʊprəˈtɛktɪv
defective
dɪˈfɛktɪv
detective
dɪˈtɛktɪv
directive
dɪˈrɛktɪv
effective
ɪˈfɛktɪv
ineffective
ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv
irrespective
ˌɪrɪˈspɛktɪv
objective
əbˈdʒɛktɪv
overprotective
ˌəʊvəprəˈtɛktɪv
perspective
pəˈspɛktɪv
prospective
prəˈspɛktɪv
protective
prəˈtɛktɪv
reflective
rɪˈflɛktɪv
respective
rɪˈspɛktɪv
retrospective
ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv
selective
sɪˈlɛktɪv
subjective
səbˈdʒɛktɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-PROTECTIVE

self-pollination
self-portrait
self-possessed
self-possessedly
self-possession
self-praise
self-preoccupied
self-preservation
self-pride
self-proclaimed
self-professed
self-promotion
self-pronouncing
self-propagating
self-propelled
self-propelling
self-propulsion
self-protection
self-publicist
self-punishment

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-PROTECTIVE

active
addictive
adjective
alternative
attractive
conductive
constrictive
constructive
cost-effective
destructive
distinctive
inactive
interactive
predictive
proactive
productive
radioactive
reactive
reproductive
restrictive
seductive

Synonyms and antonyms of self-protective in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «self-protective» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-PROTECTIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

自我保护
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autoprotección
570 millions of speakers

English

self-protective
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म सुरक्षा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

للحماية الذاتية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самозащиты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto- proteção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ব-প্রতিরক্ষামূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auto-protection
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perlindungan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbstschutz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己防衛的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 보호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhewe-protèktif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự bảo vệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய பாதுகாப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची संरक्षण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendini koruyucu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto- protezione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samoobrony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самозахисту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- protectie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - προστατευτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- beskermende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

själv skyddande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvbeskyttende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-protective

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-PROTECTIVE»

The term «self-protective» is normally little used and occupies the 112.068 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-PROTECTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-protective

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-PROTECTIVE»

Discover the use of self-protective in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-protective and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Taking Care: Understanding and Encouraging Self-Protective ...
The reasons why people take precautions and why they don't are examined by experts from a wide range of fields, who explore the theoretical and practical issues involved in understanding self-protective behavior.
Neil D. Weinstein, 1987
2
Self-protective Behaviors and Injury in Domestic Violence ...
Forceful physical self-protective behaviors typically include fighting, biting, scratching, brandishing a weapon, or threatening the offender with a weapon. Nonforceful physical behaviors include pulling away, fleeing and pushing the offender ...
Rachael Anne Wyckoff, 2008
3
The Self-protective Nature of Negative In-group Stereotypes
Traditional Views of Negative In-Group Stereotyping Although negative in-group stereotyping has received a great deal of theoretical attention, there has been little emphasis on the proposed self-protective properties of this phenomenon.
Melissa Burkley, 2006
4
Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions
In short, emotions not only reflect needs that are evoked by self-evaluation and motivate self-enhancing or self-protective responses, but they also frequently serve such functions. SELF-ENHANCING/SELF-PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS AND ...
Jan E. Stets, Jonathan H. Turner, 2008
5
Self-protective measures to enhance airlift operations in ...
However, one can arrive at a subjective decision that favors self-protective equipment for C-5s and airland C-141s by comparing the cost of that equipment to the replacement value of the two aircraft. Assuming that MAC would not replace ...
6
Self-protective measures to enhance airlift operations in ...
Winner of the Air Force Historical FoundationÆs 1988 Colonel James Cannell Memorial Award.
John A. Skorupa, Air University (U.S.). Press, 1989
7
The Social Self: Cognitive, Interpersonal and Intergroup ...
If indeed it is simply the maintenance of positive affect that is the individual's overarching goal in the use of these self-protective mechanisms, it stands to reason that simple manipulations of affect (using the traditional misattribution paradigms) ...
Joseph P. Forgas, Kipling D. Williams, 2014
8
Social Psychology of Self-Referent Behavior
The final category of self-referent responses to be considered is that of self- protective-self-enhancing responses. The essential nature and forms of the responses are both considered, as well as the variability of responses in each formal ...
Howard B. Kaplan, 1986
9
Handbook of Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection
This is the first major volume dedicated to the processes by which people exaggerate their virtues, deemphasize their shortcomings, or protect themselves against threatening feedback.
Mark D. Alicke, Constantine Sedikides, 2012
10
Personality Development: Theoretical, Empirical, and ...
Our findings, however, indicate that the social attitude of the Self-Protective person is not as negative as is suggested by Loevinger's characterization. The great majority of our Self-Protective subjects respond with positive statements regarding ...
P. Michiel Westenberg, Augusto Blasi, Lawrence D. Cohn, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-PROTECTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-protective is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Is the pseudonym going out of style?
For others, it has been “liberating”rather than self-protective (as Rowling said of her three months as Galbraith before being outed); she was continuing a line of ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
The Challenges at the Core of Feminist Agenda Remain
The critiques that today's young feminists lob our way — that we're out of touch and elitist, self-protective, jealous of our turf and, generally, sort of embarrassing ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
'The Body Where I Was Born,' by Guadalupe Nettel
This disembodiment may be a self-protective tactic or a contrast to the novel's embodiment theme. (She's a visually impaired writer; she's a bug.) But the ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Reassurance emerges that no stone will be left unturned in …
The calamity was so sudden, so dreadful and so arbitrary that the entire country was shaken out of its self-protective cocoon and mourned with the parents and ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
5
The Hazards of Workplace Anxiety
This self-protective response, which evolutionary biologists believe was shaped by natural selection, has long been important for human survival. But because ... «Kellogg Insight, May 15»
6
1 Tip for Ignoring the Noise and the Nerves
I thought it would somehow prevent me from expelling a scent of desperation into the rooms I entered, but really it was a self-protective chant that let me push ... «Back Stage, Mar 15»
7
Levels of Thinking
Obama supported Isis's torture of children at the National Prayer Breakfast Prayer by diminishing the self-protective nature of the Crusades. A Harvard Degree? «American Thinker, Feb 15»
8
Why Do We All Blame the Victim?
When we hear about people in other undesirable circumstances: rape victims, miscarriage, child with autism, etc, it's self-protective to blame the victim. «PsychCentral.com, Nov 14»
9
Theater Listings for Aug. 15-21
'Phoenix' Scott Organ's tentative, sentimental play is a romance of sorts between Julia Stiles's self-protective Sue and James Wirt's Bruce, the suitor who insists ... «New York Times, Aug 14»
10
What Do You Do When You Fall In Love With Exactly The Wrong …
I was married too, and absolutely dedicated to the idea that I had never loved or truly been attracted to anyone but my husband, which was a self-protective lie in ... «The Frisky, Jul 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Self-Protective [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/self-protective>. Apr 2024 ».
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