second-hander

English

Etymology

From second-hand +‎ -er, coined by Ayn Rand.

Noun

second-hander (plural second-handers)

  1. (derogatory, chiefly Objectivism) A person who is primarily concerned with being esteemed and valued by others, at the expense of forming his/her own independent worldview; a person who derives their decisions from the worldview of others, with the sole metric of merit based off of how others will receive and accept their decision not based on merit or truth but on popular perception.
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