English Explanatory Dictionary

Lake Wobegon effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Illusory superiority, that is, the belief that a majority of people are or can be above average.

Word forms

Lake Wobegon effect Lake Wobegon effects

Etymology

From the fictional place Lake Wobegon in Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.

Related words

Dunning-Kruger effect
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