Matthew effect
noun
The tendency for an established cause, institution, etc., to receive continued or increased support, while less established counterparts remain overlooked; the operation of the Matthew principle.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Robert King Merton (1910–2003). Coined by Robert King Merton: see quot. 1968.
- sleepily
- sleep in
- sleep-inducing
- sleepiness
- sleeping bag
- Sleeping Beauty
- sleeping car
- sleeping carriage
- sleeping draught
- sleeping partner
- sleeping pill
- sleeping policeman
- sleeping sickness
- sleep-learning
- sleepless
- sleeplessly
- sleeplessness
- sleep like a log (or top)
- sleep mode
- sleep on it
- sleep (or rest) easy
- sleep out
- sleep over
- sleepover
- sleep rough