hyperachievement

noun

A very high level of achievement.

OriginEnglish achievement ← Middle French achevement ← Old French achevement →
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Meanings

nounhyperachievement (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA very high level of achievement.

    America’s culture of hyperachievement among the affluent has been under scrutiny for at least the last decade, but recent suicide clusters, including the deaths of three high school students and one recent graduate in Palo Alto, Calif., have renewed the debate.

    2015 July 27, Julie Scelfo, “Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Latinad
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  13. Proto-Italic*kaput
  14. Latincaput
  15. Latincapus
  16. Vulgar Latin*accapāre
  17. Old Frenchachever
  18. Old Frenchachevement
  19. Middle Frenchachevement
  20. Englishachievement
  21. Englishhyperachievement

From hyper- + achievement.

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Chicago

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