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Lake Wobegon effects

Lake Wobegon effects is the plural of Lake Wobegon effect.

Meaning of Lake Wobegon effect

Noun

Lake Wobegon effect (plural Lake Wobegon effects)

  1. Illusory superiority, that is, the belief that a majority of people are or can be above average.
    • “It’s the Lake Wobegon effect,” said Dr. Daniel P. Sulmasy, senior author and a professor of medicine and ethics at the University of Chicago. “If you have more than 50 percent of patients saying their chances are better than average of avoiding some harm or obtaining some benefit, they are being...2011 March 3, Pauline W. Chen, quoting Daniel P. Sulmasy, “When Optimism Is Unrealistic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2021

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What is Lake Wobegon effects the plural of?
Lake Wobegon effects is the plural of Lake Wobegon effect.

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