survival mechanism

noun

: a way of protecting oneself from being hurt by other people

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As a survival mechanism, the women break off into a gals-only chat, which assumes the safe-space atmosphere of a women’s bathroom. —Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2025

My animal body lets go of the survival mechanism; suddenly everything is hazy and loose. —Grace Hussar, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025

This is a simple survival mechanism—your organs are more important than your fingers, so your body prioritizes warming your core. —Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024

In prehistoric times, avoiding risk was a survival mechanism; today, that instinct sabotages our ability to take calculated risks. —Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024

According to Jason Zweig in Your Money & Your Brain, this propensity to look for patterns is part of our evolutionary survival mechanism since our primitive brains were tuned to the immutable physical laws of nature, like when lightning strikes, thunder follows. —Bill Stone, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024

Criticism triggers the sympathetic nervous system, activating the fight-flight-freeze response—our brain’s natural survival mechanism. —Jason Walker, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024

This evolutionary survival mechanism is known as aposematism. —Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024

The military further reinforced the critical role of adaptability, not just as a valuable skill but as a survival mechanism. —Alok Chanani, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024

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