English Explanatory Dictionary

Law of Jante

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A social code in Scandinavian countries that opposes individualism, ambition, and vanity.

Pronunciation

/ˈjæntə/

Word forms

Law of Jante

Etymology

Introduced by the Dano-Norwegian author Aksel Sandemose in the 1933 novel A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks (En flyktning krysser sitt spor), in which Jante is a small Danish town where nobody is anonymous.

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