English Explanatory Dictionary

special snowflake syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The conviction that one (or often one's child) is, in some way, special and should therefore be treated differently from others.

Word forms

special snowflake syndrome

Etymology

From the idea that every snowflake has a unique structure. Compare snowflake (“someone who believes they are as unique and special as a snowflake”).

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