Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A king of Cyprus who carved and then fell in love with a statue of a woman, which Aphrodite brought to life as Galatea.
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- noun (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea
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Examples
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And Shaw hated 'My Fair Lady,' rightly feeling that it twisted his feminist ending (in 'Pygmalion' Liza walks out and stays out; in 'MFL' she returns to fetch his slippers).
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This effect of expectations is called the Pygmalion effect and has been shown to significantly influence performance in school and work settings.
Niobe Way, Ph.D.: Properly Addressing the Crisis Facing Black and Latino Men Ph.D. Niobe Way 2011
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This effect of expectations is called the Pygmalion effect and has been shown to significantly influence performance in school and work settings.
Niobe Way, Ph.D.: Properly Addressing the Crisis Facing Black and Latino Men Ph.D. Niobe Way 2011
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This effect of expectations is called the Pygmalion effect and has been shown to significantly influence performance in school and work settings.
Niobe Way, Ph.D.: Properly Addressing the Crisis Facing Black and Latino Men Ph.D. Niobe Way 2011
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This effect of expectations is called the Pygmalion effect and has been shown to significantly influence performance in school and work settings.
Niobe Way, Ph.D.: Properly Addressing the Crisis Facing Black and Latino Men Ph.D. Niobe Way 2011
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This effect of expectations is called the Pygmalion effect and has been shown to significantly influence performance in school and work settings.
Niobe Way, Ph.D.: Properly Addressing the Crisis Facing Black and Latino Men Ph.D. Niobe Way 2011
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This effect of expectations is called the Pygmalion effect and has been shown to significantly influence performance in school and work settings.
Niobe Way, Ph.D.: Properly Addressing the Crisis Facing Black and Latino Men Ph.D. Niobe Way 2011
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This effect of expectations is called the Pygmalion effect and has been shown to significantly influence performance in school and work settings.
Niobe Way, Ph.D.: Properly Addressing the Crisis Facing Black and Latino Men Ph.D. Niobe Way 2011
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This effect of expectations is called the Pygmalion effect and has been shown to significantly influence performance in school and work settings.
Niobe Way, Ph.D.: Properly Addressing the Crisis Facing Black and Latino Men Ph.D. Niobe Way 2011
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_Counsel_ (bows, and with a supreme effort of memory recollects the word Pygmalion).
The Tale of Lal A Fantasy Raymond Paton
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