/ English Dictionary |
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)