English Explanatory Dictionary

cheerleader effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of cognitive bias that causes individuals to appear more attractive to an observer when they are in a group.

Word forms

cheerleader effect

Etymology

First used by the fictional character Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) in "Not a Father's Day", an episode of the TV series How I Met Your Mother, first broadcast in November 2008.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary