crab mentality

A negative, selfish mentality characterized by a preference for others not to get ahead of or do better than oneself. It alludes to a phenomenon of a group of crabs in a pot, in which an escaping crab is pulled back down by the others so that none escape in the end. She dreamt of going to college and beginning a better life, but her parents' and friends' crab mentality constantly discouraged her from leaving the sordid life in which they were entrenched.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Matthaios	-	Biblical Greek
Fusun	-	Turkish
Phoibos	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Imamu	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Hekate	-	Greek Mythology
EufÊMia	-	Portuguese