The Collaborative International Dictionary
Self-defensive
Self-defensive \Self`-de*fen"sive\, a. Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.
Usage examples of "self-defensive".
They are not only secretive, appropriative, selfish, and self-defensive, but when redundant are aggressive and tend to destructiveness, the gratification of animal indulgence, intemperance, and debauchery.