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.

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Meanings

nounurban survival syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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.
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