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bunker mentality

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bunker mentality
n.
An attitude of extreme defensiveness and self-justification based on an often exaggerated sense of being under persistent attack from others.
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Noun1.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"


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This bunker mentality seems to be an abiding concern that years and years of deflation seemed to have planted in the Japanese business psyche.
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