Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of overprotecting.

    parental overprotection

    Überbehüten

    гиперопе́каgiperopéka, гиперпроте́кцияgiperprotékcija

More definitions
  • excessive protection

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Overprotection is counterproductive.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
act of overprotecting:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of overprotecting:

Origin

From over- + protection.

From over- + protection.

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Forms

plural: overprotections
Singularoverprotection
Pluraloverprotections

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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