Napoleon Complex
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Napoleon Complex

A popular term for the inferiority complex that short men (under 5’9') in society are commonly assumed to possess, which causes them—at least per theory—to overcompensate by trying harder than men of average height (5’10') in life’s activities

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No references found			Occasionally, I bridle against these dumb stereotypes but people just tend to roll their eyes and say: "Typical redhead - they're so angry" or "See, short man syndrome. MY LIFE by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Byline: Paddy Shennan MONDAY Short Angry Men: Hidden Lives (Five, 9pm) A LOOK at Short Man Syndrome, which sees vertically-challenged males acting aggressively to compensate for their lack of height. The week ahead by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) This is known as the Napoleon Complex or the Short Man Syndrome, whose popular premise is that chaps below average height are more aggressive. Positively pro those small men who are so big on ideas by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)			Shoot Up shooter Shooter Bone Shooter Box Shooting Gallery shop Shop Floor Shope Shopper’s Arm Shopping Addiction shore thistle short below-knee amputation short bone short bones short bowel syndrome short call short central artery short ciliary nerve short draw short elevator muscle of rib short feed short gastric vein short gyrus of insula short hair syndrome short keep Short man syndrome short palmar muscle Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire short PR syndrome short radial extensor muscle of wrist short rib-polydactyly syndrome short rotation rye grass short sight short stature SHORT Syndrome short thermal test short- pointing short-acting short-acting insulin short-arm cast short-bowel syndrome short-chain fatty acids short-cone technique short-coupled short-course tuberculosis chemotherapy short-crowned milkweed short-gut syndrome short-leg cast short-leg cast with walker short-nosed cattle lice short-PR-normal-QRS syndrome			Short Latency Visual Evoked Potential Short Leap Shared Protection Short Leap Shared Protection for spare capacity Re-Allocation short leg short leg short leg Short Leg Cast Short Leg Walking Cast Short Legs Short Legs Short Legs short letter short letter Short Life Food Tray Short Life Memorandum Short Life Working Group Short Light Pulse Alerting Radar Short Limited Duration Tenancy short line Short line railroad short list Short Little Ugly Fat Fellow Short Little Ugly Fellow Short Lived Credential Service Short Loan Collection Short LOFAR Altering Message Short Low-Rate Convolutional Code Short Magazine Lee Enfield Short Man Complex Short man syndrome Short map Short Market Value Short Market Values Short Maturity Analytic and Reporting Tool short measure short measures Short Message Short Message Delivery Short Message Delivery Backward Short Message Delivery Broadcast Short Message Delivery Forward Short Message Delivery Multipoint Bearer Service Short Message Delivery Point-To-Point Bearer Service Short Message Encryption Key Short Message Entity Short Message in Picture Short Message Mobile Originated Short Message Mobile Terminated Short Message Networks Short Message Peer to Peer Provisioning Protocol Short Message Peer-to-Peer Short message service Short message service Short Message Service Broadcast Control Channel Short Message Service Cell Broadcast

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Napoleon Complex (redirected from Short man syndrome)

Napoleon Complex
(redirected from Short man syndrome)