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Definition of Defensive attitude
1. Noun. An attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase 'on the defensive').
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defensive Attitude
Literary usage of Defensive attitude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1901)
"... force advancing on Taku—A council of Admirals convened on board the Rossia—Mines
and torpedoes laid at the mouth of the Pei-ho—A defensive attitude to ..."
2. The Memoirs of Count Lavallette by Antoine-Marie Chamans La Valette (1832)
"At the same instant we saw General Kleber, quitting his defensive attitude,
advancing upon the village of Fouli, of which he made himself master, ..."
3. The International Military Digest Annual by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1916)
"the tactical offensive, instead of sooner supporting their strategical offensive
by a tactically defensive attitude. Due to the development of defensive ..."
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