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BUNKER MENTALITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bunker mentality mean?
• BUNKER MENTALITY (noun)
The noun BUNKER MENTALITY has 1 sense:
1. defensiveness resulting from repeated attacks
Familiarity information: BUNKER MENTALITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Defensiveness resulting from repeated attacks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
after so many suicide bombings the Israelis have to resist developing a bunker mentality
Hypernyms ("bunker mentality" is a kind of...):
defensiveness (excessive sensitivity to criticism)
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