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inferiority complex |
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inferiority complexAcute sense of personal inferiority, often resulting in either timidity or (through overcompensation) exaggerated aggressiveness. Though once a standard psychological concept, particularly among followers of Alfred Adler, it has lost much of its usefulness through imprecise popular misuse. inferiority complex 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 inferiority complex [in‚fir·ē′är·əd·ē ′käm‚pleks] (psychology) Repressed unconsious fears and feelings of physical or social inadequacy or both, which may result in excessive anxiety, inability to function, or actual failure. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It didn't do a whole hell of a lot for my inferiority complex, but I guess if they'd shown up and we'd gone skating and I was as good as them then our company would be in a shitload of trouble. That way, when someone they don't know attacks them, they won't get an inferiority complex," the Santa Clarita mother said. I suspect that Germany's great willingness to import foreign architects is due to a cultural and political inferiority complex. |
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