kiasi attitude
- noun
- Slang
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actitud kiasi
- Her kiasi attitude meant she always took the safest path, even if it meant missing opportunities.
Examples
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The team's kiasi attitude prevented them from innovating and trying bold new ideas.
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Many people have a kiasi attitude towards investing.
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Many entrepreneurs warn that a kiasi attitude can hinder success in a competitive market.
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His kiasi attitude keeps him from trying new things.
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Her kiasi attitude meant she always took the safest path, even if it meant missing opportunities.
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Many entrepreneurs warn that a kiasi attitude can hinder success in a competitive market.
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The team's kiasi attitude prevented them from innovating and trying bold new ideas.
Antonyms
How Cautious
Surface Forms
Morphology
kiasi + attitude
The first constituent 'kiasi' is not a standard English word and has no clear literal meaning for most B1 learners, so combining it with 'attitude' does not yield the provided sense. The meaning 'excessively cautious' appears lexicalized or culture-specific rather than compositionally derivable, making the phrase unpredictable from its parts.
Etymology
Kiasi attitude comes from the Hokkien word kiasi, which means 'afraid to die', and attitude meaning a way of acting. Picture someone so scared of risk they always choose the safe path; that's why kiasi attitude means 'too cautious' or 'risk-averse'.