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Definition of Inferiority complex
1. Noun. A sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated.
Definition of Inferiority complex
1. Noun. a sense of inferiority; the feeling that one is inferior to others in certain aspects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Inferiority complex
1. A sense of inadequacy which is expressed in extreme shyness, diffidence, or timidity, or as a compensatory reaction in exhibitionism or aggressiveness. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inferiority Complex
Literary usage of Inferiority complex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"Mr. Baldwin is absolutely wrong when he says that Kipling had an inferiority
complex,' remarked Mr. Beresford. 'At school he had a tremendous superiority ..."
2. Americanization Studies by Allen Tibbals Burns (1921)
"(2) The inferiority complex of the immigrant, the "hunky." (3) The individual
inferiority complexes of men who have proved failures at home. ..."
3. Enhancing Capacities and Confronting Controversies in Criminal Justice edited by Linda N. Ruder (1994)
"Many young black males have a highly developed inferiority complex. Those who
study psychology realize that an inferiority complex normally manifests itself ..."
4. The Psychoanalytic Method by Oskar Pfister (1917)
"We heard of the place-seeker who elaborated for a lifetime an infantile inferiority
complex and wished ..."
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