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noun
Concentration on obtaining immediate profit at the expense of long-term security.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: short-sightedness
Antonyms: long-termism
History
Etymology tree English short-term Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English short-termism From short-term + -ism.
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