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单词 Stockholm syndrome
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Definition of Stockholm syndrome in English:

Stockholm syndrome

noun
mass noun
  • Feelings of trust or affection felt in many cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim towards a captor.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then a kind of Stockholm syndrome comes into play, a survival mechanism that leads presidential appointees to defend and sympathize with their bureaucratic captors.
    • As the trip continued, the author wondered if Stockholm syndrome explained why he was starting to think that the creationist geology had some sense to it.
    • In a kind of Stockholm syndrome, of identifying with the aggressor, they identified with the Union and disproportionately supported and fought and died in its wars.
    • What Susan might be talking about a little is the Stockholm syndrome.
    • Perhaps living in totalitarian Baghdad has left some of the press here with a case of Stockholm syndrome.
    • We were to be hostage to military kindness, stultified by Stockholm syndrome.
    • The tone of the article might lead one to believe that she is a victim of Stockholm syndrome, but her pre-kidnap views appear to have placed her in the corner of her captors as well.
    • His description of Falluja, tinged with Stockholm syndrome rationalizations, painted a picture of what can only be described as collective insanity.
    • Are you sure these feeling are not just part of you suffering from Stockholm syndrome?
    • She often asked jokingly if I had Stockholm syndrome when I spoke of this period of time, but I always denied it.
    • I always felt he was the picture of the Stockholm syndrome - falling in love with his captors and trying to recreate the image of his owners.
    • If you were kidnapped, might you be a candidate for Stockholm syndrome?
    • It can paralyse state administrations and frighten its victims into variations on the Stockholm syndrome.
    • Like victims of the Stockholm syndrome, culturalists believe that if they love their captors their lives will be spared.
    • I knew about Stockholm syndrome, but this was really weird.
    • Another common complication in hostage situations is a human defense mechanism called the Stockholm syndrome, in which hostages come to empathize with the captors and their cause.
    • He may also be suffering from the political equivalent of Stockholm syndrome, where a victim comes to identify with the objectives of his captors.
    • He clearly demonstrated that he is the latest victim of the Stockholm syndrome.
    • She - supposedly a tough nut - seems to have already succumbed to the foreign policy establishment's version of Stockholm syndrome.
    • I was furious and disturbed that I had fallen to the Stockholm syndrome.

Origin

1970s: with reference to a bank robbery in Stockholm.

 
 

Definition of Stockholm syndrome in US English:

Stockholm syndrome

noun
  • Feelings of trust or affection felt in many cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim toward a captor.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He may also be suffering from the political equivalent of Stockholm syndrome, where a victim comes to identify with the objectives of his captors.
    • The tone of the article might lead one to believe that she is a victim of Stockholm syndrome, but her pre-kidnap views appear to have placed her in the corner of her captors as well.
    • What Susan might be talking about a little is the Stockholm syndrome.
    • Like victims of the Stockholm syndrome, culturalists believe that if they love their captors their lives will be spared.
    • Another common complication in hostage situations is a human defense mechanism called the Stockholm syndrome, in which hostages come to empathize with the captors and their cause.
    • Then a kind of Stockholm syndrome comes into play, a survival mechanism that leads presidential appointees to defend and sympathize with their bureaucratic captors.
    • She - supposedly a tough nut - seems to have already succumbed to the foreign policy establishment's version of Stockholm syndrome.
    • In a kind of Stockholm syndrome, of identifying with the aggressor, they identified with the Union and disproportionately supported and fought and died in its wars.
    • We were to be hostage to military kindness, stultified by Stockholm syndrome.
    • His description of Falluja, tinged with Stockholm syndrome rationalizations, painted a picture of what can only be described as collective insanity.
    • She often asked jokingly if I had Stockholm syndrome when I spoke of this period of time, but I always denied it.
    • It can paralyse state administrations and frighten its victims into variations on the Stockholm syndrome.
    • If you were kidnapped, might you be a candidate for Stockholm syndrome?
    • Are you sure these feeling are not just part of you suffering from Stockholm syndrome?
    • I was furious and disturbed that I had fallen to the Stockholm syndrome.
    • I knew about Stockholm syndrome, but this was really weird.
    • He clearly demonstrated that he is the latest victim of the Stockholm syndrome.
    • Perhaps living in totalitarian Baghdad has left some of the press here with a case of Stockholm syndrome.
    • I always felt he was the picture of the Stockholm syndrome - falling in love with his captors and trying to recreate the image of his owners.
    • As the trip continued, the author wondered if Stockholm syndrome explained why he was starting to think that the creationist geology had some sense to it.

Origin

1970s: with reference to a bank robbery in Stockholm.

 
 
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