nice guy syndrome
- noun
- /naɪs ɡaɪ ˈsɪnˌdroʊm/
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síndrome del buen chico
- Many men struggle with nice guy syndrome, believing that being overly accommodating will win them affection.
Yeah, I just, I feel like the nice guy syndrome is easily avoidable.
- Yeah, I just, I feel like the nice guy syndrome is easily avoidable.
- And so in order to untangle this nice guy syndrome, let's recap what we need to do.
- How much do you think of nice guy syndrome stems from just wanting and needing the love and validation of women?
Examples
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How much do you think of nice guy syndrome stems from just wanting and needing the love and validation of women?
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And so in order to untangle this nice guy syndrome, let's recap what we need to do.
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Yeah, I just, I feel like the nice guy syndrome is easily avoidable.
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And so in order to untangle this nice guy syndrome, let's recap what we need to do.
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He recognized that his nice guy syndrome was holding him back from forming genuine relationships.
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To overcome nice guy syndrome, it's important to establish healthy boundaries and be true to oneself.
Synonyms
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A person who always behaves very well to please teachers or adults
Antonyms
How Accommodating
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'nice' + 'guy' + 'syndrome' transparently signal a recurring problem or pattern involving a (male) person who is 'nice' — the word 'syndrome' cues a set of symptoms/behaviour. However, the specific social-psychological nuance (that the niceness is excessive and often motivated by an expectation of reward/approval) is a pragmatic/conceptual extension that a B1 learner may not fully infer without prior exposure, so the expression is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Nice guy syndrome comes from the picture of a man who is always nice and does favors like a helpful guy in the hope of getting 'approval' or a 'reward'. So, it now means the habit of being too agreeable or too accommodating because you expect something in return.