mentality

crab mentality

A negative, selfish mentality characterized by a preference for others not to get ahead of or do better than oneself. It alludes to a phenomenon of a group of crabs in a pot, in which an escaping crab is pulled back down by the others so that none escape in the end. She dreamt of going to college and beginning a better life, but her parents' and friends' crab mentality constantly discouraged her from leaving the sordid life in which they were entrenched.

a siege mentality

the belief that you must protect yourself because other people are going to attack you Many designers develop a siege mentality because they're terrified someone will steal their ideas.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jaya	-	Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi
Alexei	ah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Celso	CHEL-so (Italian), THEL-so (Spanish), SEL-so (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Margaretta	mahr-gə-RET-ə	English
Jessamine	JES-ə-min	English (Rare)
Doris	DAWR-is (English), DO-ris (German)	English, German, Croatian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology