aspirational

[as-puh-rey-shuh-nl]

adjective

1. relating to or characterized by aspiration or a strong desire for something.

   their aspirational goals for the New Year.

2. aimed at or appealing to people who want to attain a higher social position or standard of living.

   a magazine featuring aspirational products for the home.

3. Medicine/Medical.,  relating to the act of removing a fluid from a body cavity or of inhaling a fluid into the lungs.

4. Phonetics.,  relating to articulation involving an audible puff of breath.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aspirational¹

aspiration + -al ¹

Example Sentences

In September, at the IAA auto show in Munich, tastemakers got a first look at the Concept C, representing Audi’s next design language—fresh, futurist, aspirational, optimistic.

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Living to 100 is somewhat aspirational, Stern says.

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The takeaway for young readers was more aspirational than ideological.

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They tell clients in a note that Navigator’s aspirational organic earnings trajectory appears conservative.

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The Fed can talk tough, but as long as fiscal pressures dominate, its independence will remain conditional and its 2% goal aspirational.

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