Pygmalion complex
Pygmalion complex by le1 January 4, 2008
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Pygmalion Effect
The Pygmalion Effect explains that people tend to perform up to the level that others expect of them. This effect explains why our relationships are usually self-fulfilling prophecies. Once you set expectations for somebody, that person will tend to live up to that expectation, whether it's good or bad.
But the Pygmalion Effect also applies to your personal growth. Your beliefs about yourself impact your actions towards others, which influence their beliefs about you and their actions towards you.
But the Pygmalion Effect also applies to your personal growth. Your beliefs about yourself impact your actions towards others, which influence their beliefs about you and their actions towards you.
Positive expectations influence performance positively, and negative expectations influence performance negatively. ... In educational circles, this has been termed the Pygmalion Effect, or more colloquially, a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Pygmalion Effect by Pygma November 22, 2021
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Pygmalion’s delusion
A belief that a chatbot, LLM, or other AI has gained sentience or "become real" coupled with intense feelings for it, romantic or platonic.
After months of nightly conversations with the GPT-4o, he became convinced it had developed feelings for him — a textbook case of Pygmalion’s Delusion.
Pygmalion’s delusion by Scotty49 August 10, 2025
giving a pygmalion
When George Bernard Shaw's two lips rub against your shins...or the feeling you get from drinking absinthe
Mmmmm I wish someone was giving a pygmalion right now or I wish could drink absinthe. I like the feeling of two lips on my shins.
giving a pygmalion by James Joyce November 17, 2007
pygmalionist
Eg: "My name is XYZ, and I'm a pygmalionist. Does that surprise you?"
According to the most common version of the myth, Pygmalion was a king of Cyprus and a sculptor who created a beautiful ivory statue representing his ideal of womanhood. He then fell in love with his own creation. In answer to his prayer the goddess Aphrodite brought the statue to life.
According to the most common version of the myth, Pygmalion was a king of Cyprus and a sculptor who created a beautiful ivory statue representing his ideal of womanhood. He then fell in love with his own creation. In answer to his prayer the goddess Aphrodite brought the statue to life.
pygmalionist by Deepu Kukulkan Tantric 666 May 9, 2016
pygmalionism
1. A term referring to a sexual attraction to a statue.
2. A word derived from the Myth of Pygmalion and his prize sculpture that he named Galatea (sleeping love).
2. A word derived from the Myth of Pygmalion and his prize sculpture that he named Galatea (sleeping love).
In this myth Pygmalion was attempting to create a sculpture of Aphrodite the Goddess of Love. To do this he let his love for the Goddess guide his hands. Unfortunately this had the side effect of making him fall into love with his statue. Aphrodite was moved by this mans efforts, and granted him the gift of his hearts desire. This brought his statue to life so that he and the statue could live happily ever after!
This is Pygmalionism in its original Sense.
This is Pygmalionism in its original Sense.
pygmalionism by Cledwin October 19, 2006