ゼロサム思し考こう

noun

zero-sum thinking

A mindset that frames situations as win-lose, where one person's gain is another's loss. Often used in economics, game theory, and everyday psychology.

• ゼロサム思し考こうに陥おちいると、協きょう力りょくの可か能のう性せいを見み落おとしがちだ。

  When you fall into zero-sum thinking, you tend to overlook possibilities for cooperation.

• 彼かれのゼロサム思し考こうのせいで、チーム内ないの雰ふん囲い気きが悪わるくなった。

  His zero-sum thinking made the atmosphere within the team worse.