aspirational
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˌæspəˈreɪʃənl/
- The company's new marketing campaign focuses on aspirational lifestyles that encourage customers to pursue their dreams.
- aspirational in nature
- aspirational morality
- aspirational goal
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Watch on YouTubeYou cannot even create an aspirational statement about it.
- You cannot even create an aspirational statement about it.
- I don't think actually it's aspirational to hope for loving parents.
- It could be that calm, cool and collected is more aspirational than realistic.
- I think that the idea of what is aspirational is, is maybe always changing.
- I I love the aspirational America, right?
- Then I created a persona online that was a kind of aspirational self.
- They have some aspirational plan that this is what we want our city to be.
- And the projection is one of maybe not perfection, but an aspirational life.
- And so, yeah, I, I find that very aspirational.
- Like it's it we, we, we often make purchases that are aspirational purchases.
Examples
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They have some aspirational plan that this is what we want our city to be.
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These big, bold, aspirational goals would be set.
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How do we actually realize those aspirational goals?
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I think that the idea of what is aspirational is, is maybe always changing.
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Like why are we looking at this in an aspirational manner?
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When society turns its aspirational morality over to the state, the state makes a mess of it.
Academic text (2008) -
The challenge now is to translate that aspirational commitment into daily practices.
Academic text (2017) -
Adams feels strongly that more aspirational retirement housing needs to be built in the social housing sector.
Academic text (2009) -
And even you could relate that to young athletes too, you know, aspirational triathletes.
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McFEELY: He's an aspirational figure.
Synonyms
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3.7
Wanting very much to succeed and willing to work hard
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3.5
Wanting to become successful in a particular job or activity
Antonyms
How Ambitious
Surface Forms
Morphology
aspirational = aspiration (semi-transparent) = aspire + ation + al
The word is regularly formed from 'aspiration' plus '-al', but the sense of social ambition or status appeal is a conventional extension rather than a fully literal composition.
Etymology
The word aspirational comes from the verb aspire and the Latin root spirare meaning 'to breathe'. Think of it as 'breathing toward' a goal, so aspirational means having a strong wish to improve or to reach a higher place.