siege mentality
nounDefinition of siege mentality
: a defensive or overly fearful attitude
Examples of siege mentality in a Sentence
Living in a high-crime area can create a siege mentality.
Recent Examples on the Web
Who but a small minority would want to organize life around a siege mentality? — Renee Diresta, WIRED, "Seeing Through Silicon Valley’s Shameless ‘Disruption’," 28 July 2019 Instead, the siege mentality has brought the oligarchs and the Kremlin closer together by increasing their mutual dependence, said Alexey Makarkin, analyst at Center of Political Technologies, another Moscow think tank. — Anatoly Kurmanaev, WSJ, "U.S. Sanctions Bring Kremlin, Russian Oligarchs Closer Together," 29 Nov. 2018 The workforce of both ICE and the DEA features agents who harbor a siege mentality, fostered by a culture of secrecy and resentment of oversight, and susceptible to corruption. — Kathleen Frydl, Vox, "Why we should abolish ICE — and the DEA too," 14 Aug. 2018 Jewish Caricatures The attacks have also brought out a siege mentality among some of his most ardent supporters. — Thomas Penny, Bloomberg.com, "Corbyn Remains Untouchable as Anti-Semitism Row Engulfs Labour," 4 Apr. 2018 Who but a small minority would want to organize life around a siege mentality? — Renee Diresta, WIRED, "Seeing Through Silicon Valley’s Shameless ‘Disruption’," 28 July 2019 Instead, the siege mentality has brought the oligarchs and the Kremlin closer together by increasing their mutual dependence, said Alexey Makarkin, analyst at Center of Political Technologies, another Moscow think tank. — Anatoly Kurmanaev, WSJ, "U.S. Sanctions Bring Kremlin, Russian Oligarchs Closer Together," 29 Nov. 2018 The workforce of both ICE and the DEA features agents who harbor a siege mentality, fostered by a culture of secrecy and resentment of oversight, and susceptible to corruption. — Kathleen Frydl, Vox, "Why we should abolish ICE — and the DEA too," 14 Aug. 2018 Jewish Caricatures The attacks have also brought out a siege mentality among some of his most ardent supporters. — Thomas Penny, Bloomberg.com, "Corbyn Remains Untouchable as Anti-Semitism Row Engulfs Labour," 4 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'siege mentality.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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