self-protection
noun
protection of oneself or itself.
self-protecting
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a word derived from
self-protection.
Example Sentences
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“The self-protecting pools is a really, really big one,” said Michael Paul Lindsey, an Idaho-based member of the engineers union, alluding to the reasons that many workers opposed the deal.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
I think the film is a patient, careful excavation of how we actually begin to change, how we cope, how we begin to heal, in the process, reaching out, retreating, trying to connect, self-protecting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
“I still make choices every day as a 41-year-old actress that I think of as self-protecting and wise,” she wrote.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2017
“I still make choices every day as a 41-year-old actress that I think of as self-protecting and wise,” Bialik added in the op-ed.
From Time ● Oct. 16, 2017
She retired into her prosaic background, against which, as with certain self-protecting, ultra-cautious animals and insects, she remained safely invisible.
From The Promise of Air by Algernon Blackwood
