siege mentality
English edit
Etymology edit
siege + mentality, from the experience of military defenses of real sieges.
Noun edit
siege mentality (countable and uncountable, plural siege mentalities)
- 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.
Translations edit
collective feeling of victimization and defensiveness
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