Defensiveness
"Defensiveness" in a Sentence (2 examples)
His excessive defensiveness and avoidance of direct questions suggest an attempt to hide the truth.
The gay vs. straight confrontation has been dealt with before in movies and plays but never with the gay character in control and never so free of defensiveness or homosexual guilt.
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