“Phenomenology leaks”
The observation that people often sync to the connotation of a concept. “Becoming the mask”. Effectively: becoming your condition.
E.g.: The denotation of a “stranger” is a person who is not known in a particular place of community. The connotation is someone who’s shady, dangerous, suspicious, and untrustworthy. Being treated like the first makes you feel like the second, even act like it.
E.g.: Being seen as a ‘sick’ person or up-and-coming or a “winner” or a “loser”