noun | /ˌsu doʊˌtɛloʊˌsi miˌoʊˌmɛtrikoˌæksi.oʊˈmeɪ.ni.ə/
1. A maladaptive cognitive–emotional tendency to fixate obsessively on trivial, meaningless, or functionally useless actions, metrics, signs, or informal promises, assigning them
exaggerated symbolic or emotional significance despite having no real utility,
consequence, or social value.
2. The ritualized
maintenance of such actions or metrics for their perceived meaning rather than any practical purpose.
Etymology:
• pseudo- (Greek ψευδής) = false
• telos (τέλος) = end, purpose
• sēmeion (σημεῖον) = sign, token
• metron (μέτρον) = measure, metric
• axia (ἀξία) = value, worth
• -mania (μανία) = obsessive fixation
1. Her pseudotelosemeiometricoaxiomania made her obsessively refresh the app to keep a
meaningless daily streak alive.
2. He kept an old game running for hundreds of hours just to
preserve a
leaderboard rank, clear pseudotelosemeiometricoaxiomania.