"tall poppy syndrome" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-tall poppy syndrome.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From tall poppy + syndrome. Etymology templates: {{m|en|tall poppy}} tall poppy, {{m|en|syndrome}} syndrome Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=tall poppy syndrome}} tall poppy syndrome (uncountable)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand) The tendency to disparage conspicuously successful people. Wikipedia link: tall poppy syndrome Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, uncountable Synonyms: crab mentality Translations (tendency to disparage successful people): 高大罌粟花綜合症 (Chinese Mandarin), 高大罂粟花综合症 (gāodà yīngsùhuā zònghézhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), maaiveldcultuur [feminine] (Dutch), herraviha (Finnish), síndrome de alta exposición [masculine] (Spanish), jante [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tall_poppy_syndrome-en-noun-iASIqyUx Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, New Zealand English

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