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Tall poppy syndrome

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The tall poppy syndrome describes aspects of a culture where people of high status are resented, attacked, cut down or criticised because they have been classified as superior to their peers. [1]

36 relations: Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Aristotle, Bell of Huesca, Benjamin Franklin Fairless, Crab mentality, Cyberbullying, Cypselus, English-speaking world, Francis Thomas, Gabii, Hagerstown, Maryland, Herodotus, Histories (Herodotus), Jack Lang (Australian politician), Law of Jante, Livy, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Margaret Thatcher, Max Weber, New South Wales, Periander, Peter Hartcher, Politics (Aristotle), Poppy, Ramiro II of Aragon, Roger L'Estrange, Roman Kingdom, Sabotage, Scandinavia, Sextus Tarquinius, The Canberra Times, The Observator, The Sydney Morning Herald, Thrasybulus of Miletus, University of Waikato, Zero-sum game.

Ab Urbe Condita Libri

Livy's History of Rome, sometimes referred to as Ab Urbe Condita, is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin, between 27 and 9 BC.

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Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs,; 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidiki, in the north of Classical Greece.

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Bell of Huesca

The Bell of Huesca is a legend describing how Ramiro II of Aragon, the Monk, cut off the heads of twelve nobles who did not obey him.

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Benjamin Franklin Fairless

Benjamin Franklin Fairless (May 3, 1890 — January 1, 1962) was an American steel company executive.

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Crab mentality

Crab mentality or crabs in a bucket (also barrel, basket or pot), is a way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you".

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Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying or cyberharassment is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic means.

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Cypselus

Cypselus (Κύψελος, Kypselos) was the first tyrant of Corinth in the 7th century BCE.

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English-speaking world

Approximately 330 to 360 million people speak English as their first language.

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Francis Thomas

Francis Thomas (February 3, 1799 – January 22, 1876) was a Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842 to 1845.

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Gabii

Gabii was an ancient city of Latium, located due east of Rome along the Via Praenestina, which was in early times known as the Via Gabina.

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Hagerstown, Maryland

Hagerstown is a city in Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Herodotus

Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος, Hêródotos) was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (484– 425 BC), a contemporary of Thucydides, Socrates, and Euripides.

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Histories (Herodotus)

The Histories (Ἱστορίαι;; also known as The History) of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature.

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Jack Lang (Australian politician)

John Thomas Lang (21 December 187627 September 1975), usually referred to as J. T. Lang during his career, and familiarly known as "Jack" and nicknamed "The Big Fella", was an Australian politician who twice served as the 23rd Premier of New South Wales from 1925 to 1927 and again from 1930 1932.

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Law of Jante

The Law of Jante (Janteloven,; Norwegian Janteloven,, Jantelova; Jantelögin; Jantelógin; Jantelagen;; Janten laki) is the description of a pattern of group behaviour towards individuals within Nordic countries that negatively portrays and criticises individual success and achievement as unworthy and inappropriate.

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Livy

Titus Livius Patavinus (64 or 59 BCAD 12 or 17) – often rendered as Titus Livy, or simply Livy, in English language sources – was a Roman historian.

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Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (died 495 BC) was the legendary seventh and final king of Rome, reigning from 535 BC until the popular uprising in 509 that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic.

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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.

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Max Weber

Maximilian Karl Emil "Max" Weber (21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist, philosopher, jurist, and political economist.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Periander

Periander (Περίανδρος; died c. 585 BC), was the Second Tyrant of the Cypselid dynasty that ruled over Corinth.

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Peter Hartcher

Peter Hartcher is an Australian journalist and the Political and International Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Politics (Aristotle)

Politics (Πολιτικά, Politiká) is a work of political philosophy by Aristotle, a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher.

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Poppy

A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae.

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Ramiro II of Aragon

Ramiro II (24 April 1086 – 16 August 1157), called the Monk, was King of Aragon from 1134 until withdrawing from public life in 1137 (although he used the royal title until his death).

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Roger L'Estrange

Sir Roger L'Estrange (17 December 1616 – 11 December 1704) was an English pamphleteer, author and staunch defender of Royalist claims.

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Roman Kingdom

The Roman Kingdom, or regal period, was the period of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a monarchical form of government of the city of Rome and its territories.

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Sabotage

Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, effort or organization through subversion, obstruction, disruption or destruction.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties.

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Sextus Tarquinius

Sextus Tarquinius (known as Tarquin) was the third and youngest son of the last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, according to Livy, but by Dionysius of Halicarnassus he was the oldest of the three.

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The Canberra Times

The Canberra Times is a daily newspaper, published by Fairfax Media in Canberra.

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The Observator

The Observator was a newspaper written in the form of a dialogue by Roger L'Estrange, and published from April 13, 1681 to January 15, 1704.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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Thrasybulus of Miletus

Thrasybulus (Θρασύβουλος ὁ Μιλήσιος) was the tyrant of Miletus in the 7th century BC.

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University of Waikato

The University of Waikato (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato), informally Waikato University, is a comprehensive university in Hamilton, New Zealand established in 1964, with a satellite campus located in Tauranga.

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Zero-sum game

In game theory and economic theory, a zero-sum game is a mathematical representation of a situation in which each participant's gain or loss of utility is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the utility of the other participants.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome

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