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defensive attitude

NOUN
  1. an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')

How To Use defensive attitude In A Sentence

  • We took a defensive attitude in the negotiation.
  • We took a defensive attitude in the negotiation.
  • We took a defensive attitude in the negotiation.
  • It may have been too costly, tied down too many men, and came to symbolize France’s defensive attitude, but the Great Wall of France fulfilled its designated mission.
  • It's a defensive attitude that you have to have, " Odom said.
  • Once he's taken up a defensive attitude, it's difficult to persuade him that there's nothing to be afraid of.
  • More protectionist and defensive attitudes in the West will spark a counterreaction in Asia and much of the developing world. Zero-Sum Future
  • The French adopted a rigidly set-piece defensive attitude, epitomized by the Maginot Line, while the Germans opted for fluid mobility, eventually epitomized by the panzer divisions.
  • Once he's taken up a defensive attitude, it's difficult to persuade him that there's nothing to be afraid of.
  • Both sides tend to adopt inflexible, judgmental and defensive attitudes toward one another.
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