paradise syndrome

noun

The feeling of profound dissatisfaction, emptiness, or depression that occurs in highly successful people who have achieved their major goals, leaving them feeling directionless and unfulfilled.

Meanings

nounparadise syndrome (plural paradise syndromes)

plural paradise syndromes

  1. The feeling of profound dissatisfaction, emptiness, or depression that occurs in highly successful people who have achieved their major goals, leaving them feeling directionless and unfulfilled.
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