Usually means: Excessive protection limiting personal growth.
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  1. overprotectiveness: Merriam-Webster
  2. overprotectiveness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overprotectiveness: Wordnik
  4. overprotectiveness: Wiktionary
  5. overprotectiveness: Dictionary.com
  6. overprotectiveness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  The state or condition of being overprotective.

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