siege mentality

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Definition of siege mentality in English English dictionary

If a group of people have a siege mentality, they think that other people are constantly trying to harm or defeat them, and so they care only about protecting themselves. Police officers had a siege mentality that isolated them from the people they served

Hyphenation

siege men·tal·i·ty

Turkish pronunciation

sic mentälıti

Pronunciation

/ˈsēʤ menˈtalətē/ /ˈsiːʤ mɛnˈtælətiː/