Siege mentality
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siege-mentality-187-2988679
title:
Siege mentality
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In sociology, siege mentality is a shared feeling of victimization and defensiveness—a term derived from the actual experience of military defences of real sieges. It is a collective state of mind in which a group of people believe themselves constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated in the face of the negative intentions of the rest of the world. Although a group phenomenon, the term describes both the emotions and thoughts of the group as a whole, and as individuals. The result is a state of
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Shared feeling of victimization and defensiveness experienced by a group of people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_mentality
date created:
2005-02-06T03:20:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T20:08:06Z
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