Last Updated：2025/12/04

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

A tendency for people to become active in subjects that relate to their names.

音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください

See correct answer

nominative determinism

Edit Histories（0）

Source Word

nominative determinism

uncountable

A tendency for people to become active in subjects that relate to their names.

Japanese Meaning

自身の名前に関連した分野で活発に活動する傾向、すなわち名前がキャリアや趣味選択に影響を与える現象。 / 名前がその人の将来の職業や行動に影響を及ぼすという観察された傾向。

What is this buttons?

When Dr. Baker became a famous pastry chef, many people joked that nominative determinism was at work.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ベーカー先生が有名な菓子職人になったとき、多くの人は名前にちなんだ職業や活動を選ぶ傾向が働いていると冗談めかして言った。

Sense（1）

A tendency for people to become active in subjects that relate to their names.

A little-known aspect of pop sociology called nominative determinism intrigued Rory Honeyman for a very good reason. Except for a concatenation of historical accidents, he would have fallen under its purview himself.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Login / Sign up

　

Download the app!

DiQt

Free

★★★★★★★★★★