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aspirationalism

noun
/ˌæs.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃə.nəl.ɪz.əm/

Etymology

From aspirational + -ism.

  1. borrowed from aspīrātiō
  2. suffixed as aspirational — “aspiration + -al”
  3. suffixed as aspirationalism — “aspirational + ism”

Definitions

  1. The philosophy or practice of striving to better one's situation in life, especially…

    The philosophy or practice of striving to better one's situation in life, especially economically and materially.

    • "The late '90s had a focus on aspirationalism - more, better, bigger, faster, the McMansion and the huge flat-screen TV," he says.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aspirationalism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA