Sentence:  People feel <WSD>entitled</WSD> to their entitlement, and frequently feel defensive when it is challenged. As a mechanism of defense, entitlement may be protectively maintained, denied, or disowned, and also projected to make the leader feel <WSD>entitled</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Convinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious.