guardedness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]guardedness (countable and uncountable, plural guardednesses)
- The state or condition of being guarded.
- 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:
- 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.