tall poppy syndrome
The tendency to criticize, resent, or disparage successful peopleThe tendency to criticize, resent, or disparage successful people.
Meaning
1 senses(Australia, New Zealand, uncountable)The tendency to criticize, resent, or disparage successful people.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From tall poppy + syndrome.From tall poppy + syndrome.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedcrab mentality
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable