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
Pratap	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Alix	a-LEEKS	French
Uttara	-	Hinduism, Indian, Marathi
Lys	-	Frisian
Dionisio	dyo-NEE-syo (Spanish), dyo-NEE-zyo (Italian)	Spanish, Italian
Britton	['britən]