>Tall poppy syndrome is a term that originated in Australia and New Zealand in the 1980s that refers to people with notable public success or achievements that arestracised by others as a form of egalitarianism.'
Here in Ireland we refer to someone with this mindset (being ambitious) as having 'notions' (a strong/self inflated view of themselves).
Until recently Ireland had a heavily provincial type system based around small local communities so I imagine this is where it comes from as these places can be incredibly cliquey
Personally I find it to be extremely toxic and too many Irish people decide to throw away their dreams out of a desire to appease their family or community.
Is this common in your country? Or are people more encouraging?