“self-protectively conscious"

[LeTyan]

Hi,

Can I describe a person to be "self-protectively conscious"?
Is it an accepetable collocation?

Thank you!

 

[probus]

Big words like collocation scare me. But I think you can.

 

[konungursvia]

I wouldn't say that, because conscious means awake, and I don't see how it is related to self-protectively. Did you mean self-consciously protective? or over-protective?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hi,

Can I describe a person to be "self-protectively conscious"?
Is it an accepetable collocation?

Thank you!

I would say no. I don't see what "conscious" adds to that sentence. The person is "self-protective".

 

[emsr2d2]

It's also not possible to say whether any of your words are correct unless you give us a whole sentence and some context. They might all be inappropriate.

 

[Matthew Wai]

"People are apt to be consciously self-protective in a struggle."
Is it appropriate?

 

[Raymott]

Hi,

Can I describe a person to be "self-protectively conscious"?
Is it an accepetable collocation?

Thank you!

You might be attempting a phrase like 'weight-conscious' or 'money-conscious', in which case you could probably use 'security-conscious'. As it stands, it's odd.

 

[konungursvia]

You could say simply that they focus on defence in a fight.