Fensiveness

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Fensiveness

n.
a knee-jerk territorial reaction when a friend displays a casual interest in one of your obsessions.

Mandarin 粉絲 (fěnsī), fan, admirer + defensiveness. Pronounced “fen-siv-nis.”

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