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urban survival syndrome

urban survival syndrome noun: a legal defense according to which an inner-city life of racial segregation and/or violence causes a state akin to post-traumatic stress disorder and justifies extreme self-defense.

Noun

urban survival syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A legal defense according to which an inner-city life of racial segregation and/or violence causes a state akin to post-traumatic stress disorder and justifies extreme self-defense.

Questions about urban survival syndrome

What does urban survival syndrome mean?
Urban survival syndrome means a legal defense according to which an inner-city life of racial segregation and/or violence causes a state akin to post-traumatic stress disorder and justifies extreme self-defense.
What part of speech is urban survival syndrome?
Urban survival syndrome is a noun.

Words near urban survival syndrome in the dictionary

  1. urban sanitary districts
  2. urban scattering
  3. urban sprawl
  4. urban sprawls
  5. urban studies
  6. urban survival syndrome
  7. Urban syndrome
  8. urban void
  9. urban warfare
  10. urban warrior
  11. urban warriors

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