overprotectingadj.
/ˌəʊvəprəˈtɛktɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərprəˈtɛktɪŋ/ = overprotective adj.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > excessively
mollycoddling1834
overprotecting1847
grandmotherly1873
overprotective1907
nanny1959
nannyish1962
1847 J. Austin in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 237 An over-regulating, over-restraining, over-protecting government.
1938 D. M. Levy in Psychiatry 1 569/2 How their personality traits resulting from growth in the medium of the overprotecting mother have shaped their destinies.
1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. ix. 120 Several investigators reported that schizophrenics have mothers who are over-protecting.
2000 LOLApress (Nexis) 31 Oct. 4 The collapse of the authoritarian socialist overprotecting regimes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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