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Meanings of inferiority complex in English

Russian
комплекс неполноценности
Portuguese
complexo de inferioridade
Spanish
complejo de inferioridad
Catalan
complex d'inferioritat

An intense feeling of inferiority.

Related terms
комплекс неполноценности
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Examples for "superiority complex"
Examples for "superiority complex"
1
Beware: The English superiority complex has been figured out by an Australian, mate.
The Irish Times
2
The first is a superiority complex, the sense that your particular group is exceptional.
The Guardian
3
Arrogance: Killing the bad guys and saving the universe leads to a superiority complex.
Wired
4
She called it his superiority complex, and it irritated the hell out of her.
Mistress of the game
5
Michael Fassbender's David, the hyper-capable android with a clipped English accent and inbuilt superiority complex.
The Guardian
Usage of inferiority complex in English
1
Do you think the Indian middle class suffers from an inferiority complex?
Reuters
2
I've got an inferiority complex, that is an inner feeling of inferiority.
A Dominie in Doubt
3
But if you said no, then you'd have a inferiority complex.
The new yorker
4
And the working-classes are suffering from a gigantic inferiority complex .
A Dominie in Doubt
5
One result is that the child develops a dangerous inferiority complex.
A Dominie in Doubt
6
It might have a bit of an inferiority complex-asa shadow, that is.
Kafka on the Shore
7
Yoga has neither an inferiority complex nor does it suffer delusions of grandeur.
The Irish Times
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Am I one of the select few with this inferiority complex?
The South African
9
A man with an inferiority complex calls his affliction a Minderwertigkeitsfefune.
The new yorker
10
Marx said the Springboks won't take any sort of inferiority complex into this weekend.
Radio NZ
11
This embodies the inferiority complex that has infected democratic states vis-a-vis the tech giants.
The Guardian
12
But mainly he was a shy person who nursed his inferiority complex in secret.
Ten From Infinity
13
They need have no truck with that accursed inferiority complex which bedevils Irish sides.
The Irish Times
14
As might be expected, her attentions did not exactly help Hercules' own well-developed inferiority complex.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
15
Ten years as a nanny in Brussels have armed Lola only with an inferiority complex.
The Irish Times
16
The latter contributed to an already serious inferiority complex.
The Guardian