compensation culture
- noun
- /ˌkɒmpənˈseɪʃən ˈkʌltʃər/
- Literature
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cultura de la compensación
- Many people believe that the rise of compensation culture has led to an increase in frivolous lawsuits.
Examples
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Critics argue that the compensation culture fosters a sense of entitlement among individuals who feel wronged.
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The compensation culture in our society encourages individuals to seek financial reparations for every minor inconvenience.
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Much as the compensation culture has grown, a similar one has arisen that "bad things" are always someone else's fault and they have to pay.
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Morphology
The meaning 'a societal tendency to seek monetary compensation' is directly compositional from 'compensation' (money paid for injury) + 'culture' (shared practices of a society). The noun-noun composition 'X culture' (a culture of X) is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun compensation culture comes from news stories about places where asking for compensation, meaning money, had become a normal part of life. Imagine a town where every small accident leads someone to ask for money; that picture explains why the phrase means a society that often 'asks for money for any wrong'.