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siege mentality en · NOUN

Etymology

From siege + mentality, from the experience of military defenses of real sieges.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A collective feeling of victimization and defensiveness, in which a group of people believe themselves to be constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated in the face of the negative intentions of the rest of the world.

Forms

Relateds

trench mentality

Translations (5)

nl belegeringsmentaliteit (collective feeling of victimization and defensiveness) · nl frontmentaliteit (collective feeling of victimization and defensiveness) · de Wagenburgmentalität (collective feeling of victimization and defensiveness) · fr syndrome de la citadelle assiégée (collective feeling of victimization and defensiveness) · pl syndrom oblężonej twierdzy (collective feeling of victimization and defensiveness)