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Definitions

Noun

1. 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. derogatory

Etymology

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

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