guardedness

G2U1A1R1D2E1D2N1E1S1S1

noun

The state or condition of being guarded.

Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounguardedness (countable and uncountable, plural guardednesses)

plural guardednesses

  1. countableuncountableThe state or condition of being guarded.

    These extracts show that students are sensitive to issues of power in their educational environment, leading to a certain level of guardedness in non-anonymous feedback scenarios.

    2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1087

Origin

From guarded + -ness.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

guardedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guardedness

MLA

“guardedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guardedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guardedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guardedness.

Source: guardedness on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.