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Pursuit of personal prestige
Other Names:
Pursuit of personal status
Status symbol
Status life-style
Status symbols
Status mannerisms
Status-seeking
Status language
Broader Problems:
International status race
Narrower Problems:
Hypergamy
Personal need for recognition
Related Problems:
Discriminatory communication
Negative effects of the nuclear family
Aggravates:
Tokenism
Careerism
Bad taste
Name-dropping
Inadequate firearm regulation
Avoidance of negative feedback
Head hunting in tribal societies
Overdependence on household appliances
Compulsion of leaders to leave permanent monuments
Self-satisfied style of informal leadership advisers
References:
Pimpley and Sharma: Struggle for Status
Subject(s):
Research, Standards
→
Awards
Psychology
→
Behaviour
Experiential Activity
→
Experiential activity
Language
→
Languages
Individuation
→
Symbols, myths
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST