siege mentality

短语

n. 受围心态(感觉别人总想伤害或击败自己, 因而一味想要自卫的心理)

词形变化

siege mentalities 复数 siege mentalities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    可数 不可数

词源

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

来源:wiktionary