His excessive defensiveness and avoidance of direct questions suggest an attempt to hide the truth.
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Defensiveness
Synonyms for "defensiveness"
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5 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- defensiivisyys noun (state or quality)
Hungarian
4 entries- defenzivitás noun (state or quality)
- elhárítás noun (state or quality)
- hárítás noun (state or quality)
- védekezés noun (state or quality)
Sample sentences
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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.
Source: wiktionary
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