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second-hander

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who is primarily concerned with being esteemed and valued by others, at the expense of forming his/her own independent worldview; a person who derives their decisions from the worldview of others, with the sole metric of merit based on how others will receive and accept their decision not based on merit or truth but on popular perception.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

Qualifier: chiefly Objectivism

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Etymology

From second-hand + -er, coined by Ayn Rand.