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Mount Everest syndrome

Mount Everest syndrome is the alternative form of Everest syndrome.

Meaning of Everest syndrome

Noun

Everest syndrome (uncountable)

  1. The tendency of academic researchers to study things merely because they exist to be studied, regardless of the usefulness of the research.
    • Maddux says further that there is an Everest Syndrome in educational computing and that there are those who "believe that computers should be brought into educational settings simply because they are there.⁹³ The result of the Everest Syndrome, according to Maddux "is an improper emphasis on...1990, Paul Saettler, The Evolution of American Educational Technology, Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, →ISBN, page 490

Questions about Mount Everest syndrome

What is Mount Everest syndrome the alternative form of?
Mount Everest syndrome is the alternative form of Everest syndrome.

Words near Mount Everest syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Mount Emu
  2. Mount Erebus
  3. Mount Etna
  4. Mount Evelyn
  5. Mount Everest
  6. Mount Everest syndrome
  7. Mount Everests
  8. Mount Fairy
  9. Mount Field
  10. Mount Florida
  11. Mount Forbes

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