overprotection

English

Etymology

over- +‎ protection

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəpɹəˈtɛkʃən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvɚpɹəˈtɛkʃən/

Noun

overprotection (countable and uncountable, plural overprotections)

The act of overprotecting.
parental overprotection

Translations

act of overprotecting

Catalan: sobreprotecció (ca) f
Finnish: ylisuojelu
French: surprotection f, hyperprotection f
Galician: sobreprotección f
German: Überbehüten n
Portuguese: superproteção f
Russian: гиперопе́ка (ru) f (giperopéka), гиперпроте́кция (ru) f (giperprotékcija)
Spanish: sobreprotección f

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