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Inferiority Complex

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Noun

1. inferiority complex

a sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Inferiority Complex

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noun
psychiatry
a disorder arising from the conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated, characterized by aggressiveness or withdrawal into oneself

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Inferiority Complex

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1.  Psychology
a neurotic condition resulting from various feelings of inferiority, such as derive from real or imagined physical or social inadequacy, and often manifested through overcompensation in excessive aggressiveness, a domineering attitude, etc.
2.  Popularly
any feeling of inferiority, inadequacy, etc.
see also superiority complex

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Inferiority Complex

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n.
A persistent sense of inadequacy or a tendency to self-diminishment, sometimes resulting in excessive aggressiveness through overcompensation.

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