puolustuksellisia

Puolustuksellisia is the plural partitive form of the Finnish adjective puolustuksellinen, meaning defensive or defense-related. It is used to describe things that take a defensive stance, emphasize protection, or relate to defense-oriented policies or attitudes.

The word appears with nouns in the partitive plural, for example: puolustuksellisia toimenpiteitä (defensive measures), puolustuksellisia asenteita (defensive attitudes), puolustuksellisia suunnitelmia (defensive plans). The form signals a non-total quantity or a subset of items being referred to.

In practice, puolustuksellisia is common in political science, security studies, and policy discussions when characterizing strategies or narratives that prioritize defense over offense. It also surfaces in sports commentary to describe teams that focus on preventing goals or points rather than pursuing aggressive plays. In psychology, the abstract noun puolustuksellisuus is used to denote defensiveness, while puolustuksellisiä asenteita can describe defensive postures within groups or individuals.

Etymology and morphology: the term derives from the noun puolustus (defense) with the suffix -ksellinen, forming an adjective meaning related to defense. The inflected form puolustuksellisia reflects Finnish agreement rules for plural partitive nouns.

See also: puolustus, puolustuksellisuus, puolustuspolitiikka.