Protestive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Expressing protest. not-comparable

    "Acts include attempt to take, reach for peer's toy, offer-withdraw toy either without vocalization and with neutral affect, or with no more than a brief and mildly protestive vocalization and/or facial expression of frown or pucker."

Example

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"Acts include attempt to take, reach for peer's toy, offer-withdraw toy either without vocalization and with neutral affect, or with no more than a brief and mildly protestive vocalization and/or facial expression of frown or pucker."

Etymology

From protest + -ive.

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