plantation mentality

A mentality according to which an organization or society is divided into a ruling elite and a class of workers treated as inferior, especially along racial lines.

Japanese Meaning

支配層と被支配層に分かれ、被支配側が劣位と扱われるという考え方。特に人種的要素に基づいてそのような区分が行われる精神的傾向。 / 特定のエリートが全体を支配し、労働者や下層階級が劣った存在とみなされるという社会的・組織的な構造を反映する考え方。

What is this buttons?

The company's refusal to promote long-serving employees reflected a lingering plantation mentality that treated workers as disposable.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その会社が長年勤めた従業員を昇進させなかったのは、労働者を使い捨てのように扱う支配層と下層を人種的に区別して扱うプランテーション的な階級意識が残っていたからだ。

Details

Sense（1）

A mentality according to which an organization or society is divided into a ruling elite and a class of workers treated as inferior, especially along racial lines.

plantation mentalities

（ plural ）

Details

plantation mentality

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Login / Sign up

Download the app!

plantation mentality

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Login / Sign up

Login

──── or ────

Sign up

──── or ────

Download the app!