hyperachievement

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English

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Etymology

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From hyper- +‎ achievement.

Noun

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hyperachievement (uncountable)

  1. A very high level of achievement.
    • 2015 July 27, Julie Scelfo, “Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection”, in New York Times[1]:
      America’s culture of hyperachievement among the affluent has been under scrutiny for at least the last decade, but recent suicide clusters, including the deaths of three high school students and one recent graduate in Palo Alto, Calif., have renewed the debate.