second-hander
second-hander noun: a person who is primarily concerned with being esteemed and valued by others, at the expense of forming his/her own independent worldview; a person who derives their decisions from the worldview of others, with the sole metric of merit based on how others will receive and accept their decision not based on merit or truth but on popular perception.
Noun
second-hander (plural second-handers)
- A person who is primarily concerned with being esteemed and valued by others, at the expense of forming his/her own independent worldview; a person who derives their decisions from the worldview of others, with the sole metric of merit based on how others will receive and accept their decision not based on merit or truth but on popular perception.
Forms of second-hander
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Origin of second-hander
From second-hand + -er, coined by Ayn Rand.
Questions about second-hander
- What does second-hander mean?
- Second-hander means a person who is primarily concerned with being esteemed and valued by others, at the expense of forming his/her own independent worldview; a person who derives their decisions from the worldview of others, with the sole metric of merit based on how others will receive and accept their decision not based on merit or truth but on popular perception.
- What part of speech is second-hander?
- Second-hander is a noun.
- What is the plural of second-hander?
- The plural of second-hander is second-handers.
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