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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
inferiority complex
noun
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▪ Atlanta is on a massive ego trip, mixed with a congenital inferiority complex that makes Atlantans overly eager to impress others.
▪ This obviously affects them as they grow up, giving them an inferiority complex.
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inferiority complex

n. a sense of inferiority; the feeling that one is inferior to others in certain aspects.

WordNet
inferiority complex

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

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Inferiority complex

An inferiority complex is a lack of self-worth, a doubt and uncertainty, and feelings of not measuring up to standards. It is often subconscious, and is thought to drive afflicted individuals to overcompensate, resulting either in spectacular achievement or extreme asocial behavior. In modern literature, the preferred terminology is "lack of covert self-esteem". For many, it is developed through a combination of genetic personality characteristics and personal experiences.

Inferiority Complex (album)

Inferiority Complex: Chapter 1 is the debut solo album of American hip hop artist Tha Trademarc, released April 4, 2008 on his own print of Trademarc records.

The Trademarc is well known for collaborating with cousin John Cena on his debut album You Can't See Me as well as on his theme song "Basic Thuganomics" and the track "Untouchables". Although once considered a duo with Cena, Cena does not make an appearance on the album. The album's only collaboration comes from longtime associate Freddie Foxxx a.k.a. Bumpy Knuckles.

Usage examples of "inferiority complex".

It's the reverse of what the Freudians call the inferiority complex, a form of egomania, a variety of folie de grandeur.

Lesser was a shy man who enjoyed prison work because it conferred automatic status, which eased his inferiority complex.

What I did, I finally put my suitcases under my bed, instead of on the rack, so that old Slagle wouldn't get a goddam inferiority complex about it.

And before you say anything, Alex, it's not like the other inferiority complex we discussed.

It was years and years, until I was finished with interning and had gained some confidence as a full-fledged doctor working on my own, that I came to understand myself in this respect, this threatening inferiority complex.

She'd analysed it as a latent inferiority complex, like his relying on the successful profiles of the past instead of risking mistakes by thinking differently about profile indicators in the present or the future.

Behind their arrogance is a racial inferiority complex, a mass paranoia, that makes it necessary for them to prove to themselves by proving to us that a yellow man is just as good as a white man, and a damned sight better.