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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•fen•sive /dɪˈfɛnsɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - [before a noun] of or relating to defense:defensive weapons.
- Psychologysensitive to criticism:There's no need to be so defensive.
n. [uncountable] - on the defensive, to be in a position or attitude of defense;
to be sensitive to criticism.
See -fend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•fen•sive (di fen′siv),USA pronunciation adj. - serving to defend;
protective:defensive armament. - made or carried on for the purpose of resisting attack:defensive treaty; a defensive attitude.
- of or pertaining to defense.
- Business(of stocks, securities, etc.)
- able to provide moderately steady growth with minimal risk:The bank has put a large percentage of its assets in defensive rather than growth stocks.
- considered stable and relatively safe for investment, esp. during a decline in the economy.
- Psychologyexcessively concerned with guarding against the real or imagined threat of criticism, injury to one's ego, or exposure of one's shortcomings.
n. - a position or attitude of defense:to be on the defensive about one's mistakes.
- [Obs.]something that serves to defend.
- Medieval Latin, as above
- Middle French
- Medieval Latin dēfēnsīvus (see defense, -ive); replacing Middle English defensif
- 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: defensive /dɪˈfɛnsɪv/ adj - intended, suitable, or done for defence, as opposed to offence
- rejecting criticisms of oneself or covering up one's failings
n - a position of defence
- on the defensive ⇒ in an attitude or position of defence, as in being ready to reject criticism
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