INFERIORITY COMPLEX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("inferiority complex" is a kind of...):

complex ((psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior)

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