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Inferiority Complex

Definition: Inferiority Complex

Inferiority Complex

Noun

1. 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.
 


Modern Usage: Inferiority Complex

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Inferiority Complex

DomainTitle

Books

  • Alfred Adler, the man and his work: triumph over the inferiority complex (reference)

  • Bigger Balls: The CFL and Overcoming the Canadian Inferiority Complex (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Inferiority Complex

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  inferiority complex

54
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Inferiority Complex

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

   

Portuguese

  

complexo de inferioridade (sense of inferiority). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

комплекс неполноценности. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

complejo de inferioridad (sense of inferiority). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

mindervärdighetskomplex. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

aşağılık kompleksi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Inferiority Complex

Misspellings

"Inferiority Complex" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inferority complex. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Inferiority Complex

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Inferiority Complex


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 66 65 72 69 6F 72 69 74 79      43 6F 6D 70 6C 65 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

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)

&#73 &#110 &#102 &#101 &#114 &#105 &#111 &#114 &#105 &#116 &#121 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#109 &#112 &#108 &#101 &#120

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

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INDEX

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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