DEFENSIVE ATTITUDE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase 'on the defensive')

Synonyms:

defensive; defensive attitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("defensive attitude" is a kind of...):

attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)

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