Home › Words › P › protectivityprotectivityprotectivity means the state, quality, or condition of being protective.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, protectivity ranks #33,910 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom protective + -ity.nounThe state, quality, or condition of being protective.e.g.“...product barriers on the surfaces of alloys and then examining the protectivity of such barriers.” — 1977, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Conservation of Materials in Energy Systems through the Reduction of Erosion, Erosion control in energy systems: report of Committee on ConservatioDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).