siege mentality 
noun
A defensive or paranoid attitude based on the belief that others are hostile towards one: once you develop a siege mentality, anything is believable...
- He let out an almost cartoony frown as he heard the unmistakable reloading of a shotgun and zigzagged past wailing shoals of feverish shoppers who, if he had been inclined towards the siege mentality, seemed to form a deliberate barricade.
- And I understand some people wanting to protect their homes in the light of this dreadful attack, but we must not give in to a siege mentality based on fear.
- It is certainly not a siege mentality and it is not an attempt to block out the media.
- reference bible
- reference book
- reference card
- reference catalog
- figure eight
- figure floating
- figure-ground
- figurehead
- figure-hugging
- figureless
- figure of eight
- figure of fun
- figure of merit
- figure of speech
- figure on
- figure skater
- figure skating
- figure someone out
- figure something out
- figurine
- fig wasp
- figwort
- Fiji
- Fijian
- FIL