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inferiority complex

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inferiority complex
n.
A persistent sense of inadequacy or the tendency to diminish oneself, sometimes resulting in excessively aggressive behavior through overcompensation.
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It didn't do a whole hell of a lot for my inferiority complex, but I guess if they'd shown up and we'd gone skating and I was as good as them then our company would be in a shitload of trouble.
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That way, when someone they don't know attacks them, they won't get an inferiority complex," the Santa Clarita mother said.
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I suspect that Germany's great willingness to import foreign architects is due to a cultural and political inferiority complex.
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