successism

English

Etymology

success +‎ -ism, probably after the Japanese 成功主義.

Pronunciation

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Noun

successism (uncountable)

1. The ideology of striving for competition; achievement-orientation.
2. The worship or idealization of success.

Quotations

• 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

ideology of striving or competition; achievement-orientation

worship or idealization of success

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• Japanese: 成功主義 (せいこうしゅぎ, seikōshugi)