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Bunker Mentality

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Noun

1. bunker mentality

defensiveness resulting from repeated attacks

Example Sentences:
'after so many suicide bombings the Israelis have to resist developing a bunker mentality'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bunker Mentality

see synonyms of bunker mentality
noun
a defensive attitude in which others are seen as hostile or potentially hostile
As performance deteriorates, they can easily become isolated, adopting a bunker mentality that makes matters worse.
They accuse him of having a bunker mentality.

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Bunker Mentality

see synonyms of bunker mentality
an attitude or state of mind characterized by extreme suspiciousness and defensiveness and by a feeling of being under attack by a hostile opposition while being confined as if in a fortified bunker

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bunker Mentality

see synonyms of bunker mentality
n.
An attitude of extreme defensiveness and self-justification based on an often exaggerated sense of being under persistent attack from others.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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