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Definition: Inferiority Complex |
Inferiority ComplexNoun1. A sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Screenplays | Ah, you've got an inferiority complex, you have. (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen) Libido, inferiority complex, stinko, blotto, free love, bathtub gin, monkey glands, Karl Marx is he one of the Marx Brothers? (Auntie Mame; writing credit: Betty Comden; Patrick Dennis) These Canadians suffer from a serious inferiority complex. That's why they built this: The Canadian National Tower! (Canadian Bacon; writing credit: Michael Moore) I have a slight inferiority complex. (Goldfinger; writing credit: Richard Maibaum) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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inferiority complex | 54 |
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| Language | Translations for "inferiority complex"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | komplex ménìcennosti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | mindrevaerdskompleks (sense of inferiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | minderwaardigheidscomplex (sense of inferiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | complexe d'infériorité (sense of inferiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | minderwertigkeitskomplex (sense of inferiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύμπλεγμα κατωτερότητας (sense of inferiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kisebbrendűségi komplexus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | complesso di inferiorit (sense of inferiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 劣等感 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひがみ (bias, prejudice), れつじゃくいしき, れっせいか", れっとうふく"う, れっとうか"ね", れっとうか", インフェリオリティーコンプレックス , へき (bias, break, burst, crime, false, law, pierce, prejudice, punish, ruler, split, tear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | mindreverdighetskompleks. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inferiorityay omplexcay complexo de inferioridade (sense of inferiority). (various references) комплекс неполноценности. (various references) complejo de inferioridad (sense of inferiority). (various references) mindervärdighetskomplex. (various references) aşağılık kompleksi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Inferiority Complex" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inferority complex. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-t-x-y" | |
-5 letters: premonitorily. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 66 65 72 69 6F 72 69 74 79      43 6F 6D 70 6C 65 78 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100110 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01110010 01101001 01110100 01111001 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01101100 01100101 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n f e r i o r i t y   C o m p l e x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0066 0065 0072 0069 006F 0072 0069 0074 0079      0043 006F 006D 0070 006C 0065 0078 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4380727184758184758691237817982787190 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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