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noun
Illusory superiority, that is, the belief that a majority of people are or can be above average.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From the fictional place Lake Wobegon in Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.
