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envy up, scorn down: a standalone construct

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envy up,scorn down1 CONSTRUCTEnvy up, scorn downFISKE · SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Social psychology

the thesis that upward social comparison breeds envy and downward comparison breeds scorn, both of which divide people.

In social psychology, envy up, scorn down refers to the thesis that upward social comparison breeds envy and downward comparison breeds scorn, both of which divide people. This meaning comes from Fiske (2010) in American Psychologist.[1]

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  1. Fiske, S. T. (2010). Envy up, scorn down: How comparison divides us. American Psychologist, 65(8), 698-706. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.65.8.698

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