defenselessness


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Synonyms for defenselessness

the property of being helpless in the face of attack

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Users participating in expanded degrees of SNS utilization are likely to be more inclined to undergo online defenselessness (Lazaroiu et al., 2017b) via their FoMO driven adequacy to experience it (Barry et al., 2018) and resulting declines in psychological wellbeing (persons getting involved in enlarged levels of SNS use display increased degrees of FoMO).
At the point when a cross-scripting defenselessness was found in 2014, 86% of the 75 million Wordpress site they are not up to date.
The actions "not only left the community in a position of defenselessness, with a high risk of extinction, but also violated its fundamental rights to ethnic and cultural integrity, self-determination, prior consultation, and health in connection with life and a healthy environment," the Corte Constitucional concluded.
Into the 20th century, especially before and during World War II, the Nazi propaganda about Jewish defenselessness and the wartime atrocities against the Jews made the non-violent mensch ideal even more problematic.
This interpretation is unconvincing when we picture the asymmetry of power relations and the defenselessness of the victims.
This lack of provision of basic needs, in addition to the overcrowding and defenselessness "about arbitrary and abusive measures and procedures by the personnel in terms of unjustified sanctions or limitations" (Fuertes & Fernandez del Valle, 2001, p.
In such a setup, peacefulness may purely result from defenselessness. The officials seem to get along with forms and stamps; weapons are hardly used.
maneuvered into defenselessness by the same men over and over again.
Feelings of vulnerability can lead to a sense of powerlessness, betrayal, or defenselessness, a "lack of control" when forced to act in a way that is inconsistent with his or her core beliefs and values (Korthagen, Kessels, Koster, Lagerwerf, & Wubbles, 2001).
It is this humility and apparent defenselessness that the Gandhians need to imbibe, for their message to touch the hearts of those who do not as yet believe.
In the book's third section (283-432), Mesa Villar explores the role of women as inciters of conflicts, ingrained in a Medieval (and Victorian) paternalistic attitude that rejoices in female defenselessness. The first chapter focuses on The Death of Breuze sans Pitie (1857-1865), a Mallorian scene in which two knights fight for custody of a damsel.
In opposition to Sontag and Dietrich, Darin's character recognizes and identifies with defenselessness and difference.