indefensión
defenselessness, helplessness
noun een-deh-fehn-SYOHN Rare
Usage Note
Indefensión is used heavily in legal and psychological Spanish: in law it refers to the constitutional violation of leaving someone without means of defense in a proceeding. In psychology, indefensión aprendida is 'learned helplessness'. The adjective is indefenso, meaning defenseless.
Examples
"La víctima expresó su total indefensión."
Natural Translation
The victim expressed her total helplessness.
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