INFERIORITY COMPLEX


Meaning of INFERIORITY COMPLEX in English

Function: noun

Date: 1922

1 : an acute sense of personal inferiority often resulting either in timidity or through overcompensation in exaggerated aggressiveness

2 : a collective sense of cultural, regional, or national inferiority

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.