English Explanatory Dictionary

low-effort syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The situation where members of a minority group put in only minimal effort (e.g. in school) since they believe that discrimination will in any case doom them to failure.

Word forms

low-effort syndrome
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