successism
English edit
Etymology edit
success + -ism, probably after the Japanese 成功主義.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
successism (uncountable)
- The ideology of striving for competition; achievement-orientation.
- The worship or idealization of success.
Quotations edit
- 1999, risshishugi: successism, achievement-orientation, self-help — (in the glossary, at page 231 of A History of Japan - From Stone Age to Superpower, by Kenneth G. Henshall, Palgrave)
- Date unknown: Successism is the mistaken application of worldly standards of success and failure to the work of the ministry of the church. — John A. Kohler, III in Successism and the Church
Translations edit
ideology of striving or competition; achievement-orientation
worship or idealization of success
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