me tooism

plural me tooisms

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of me-tooism.

   Senator [Arthur] Vandenberg answered critics who say the bipartisan foreign policy has produced mere Republican “me tooism” with the assertion that unity is vital if any policy is to get results. He declared: “If that's ‘me tooism’, then any unity is me tooism.”

   1949 December 21, “Vandenberg Backs Continued Europe Aid, on Reduced Basis”, in Department of State Wireless Bulletin, number 299, [Washington, D.C.]: International Press and Publications Division, Office of International Information, Department of State, →OCLC, page 11

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   In socialist societies, there is a ‘me tooism’, a complex which startles the sensitive observer. Here despite social controls, the cities rise like jungles, the traffic jams are consciously sought, and so are the wasteful standards. No genuine alternative is posed. The choice before man remains what it has always been—conform or perish.

   1972, Romesh Thapar, “A Disciplining Philosophy of Living”, in Anil Bordia, J[ames] R[obbins] Kidd, J[ames] A. Draper, editors, Adult Education in India: A Book of Readings, Bombay, Maharashtra: Nachiketa Publications, published 1973, →OCLC, section III, page 104

   Workers may be so concerned with reading the boss's mind and supporting group consensus that ideas become conservative and timid. The Japanese work hard in general, of course, but the same group atmosphere which encourages this type of enthusiasm can also encourage conformity; a form of "me tooism" develops.

   1986, Jon P. Alston, “The Individual and the Work Group in Japan”, in The American Samurai: Blending American and Japanese Managerial Practices (De Gruyter Studies in Organization; 6), Berlin; New York, N.Y.: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, section 5.2 (Group Consensus Encourages Trust), page 155