Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bunker_mentality

1 sense of bunker mentality

Sense 1
bunker mentality -- (defensiveness resulting from repeated attacks; "after so many suicide bombings the Israelis have to resist developing a bunker mentality")
       => defensiveness -- (excessive sensitivity to criticism; "his defensiveness was manifested in hurt silence"; "the fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians' defensiveness")