INFERIORITY COMPLEX

Meaning of INFERIORITY COMPLEX in English

noun

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Atlanta is on a massive ego trip, mixed with a congenital inferiority complex that makes Atlantans overly eager to impress others.

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This obviously affects them as they grow up, giving them an inferiority complex .

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INFERIORITY COMPLEX — noun Date: 1922 an acute sense of personal inferiority often resulting either in timidity or through overcompensation in exaggerated aggressiveness, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — Acute sense of personal inferiority, often resulting in either timidity or (through overcompensation) exaggerated aggressiveness. Though once a standard psychological …
Английский словарь Британика
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — noun Etymology: probably translation of German minderwertigkeitskomplex : an acute sense of personal inferiority resulting either in timidity or through …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — 1. Psychiatry. intense feeling of inferiority, producing a personality characterized either by extreme reticence or, as a result of overcompensation, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — strong feelings of insecurity and inadequacy which influence all of a person's interactions
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — Date: 1922 1. : an acute sense of personal inferiority often resulting either in timidity or through overcompensation in exaggerated …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — Function: noun Date: 1922 1 : an acute sense of personal inferiority often resulting either in timidity or through overcompensation …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — ■ noun a feeling of general inadequacy caused by actual or supposed inferiority, marked by aggressive behaviour or withdrawal.
Concise Oxford English vocab
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — [inferiority complex] n (1922) 1: an acute sense of personal inferiority often resulting either in timidity or through overcompensation in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — a feeling of inferiority that is wholly or partly unconscious. The term has been used by some psychiatrists and psychologists, …
Britannica English vocabulary
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — noun a feeling that you are not as good, as important or as intelligent as other people
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — inˌferiˈority ˌcomplex BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular] a continuous feeling that you are much less important, clever etc than …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — ( inferiority complexes) Someone who has an inferiority complex feels that they are of less worth or importance than other …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — (~es) Someone who has an ~ feels that they are of less worth or importance than other people. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — Acute sense of personal inferiority, often resulting in either timidity or (through overcompensation) exaggerated aggressiveness. Though once a standard psychological …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — псих. комплекс неполноценности Ant : superiority complex (психиатрическое) комплекс неполноценности
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — Комплекс неполноценности
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — психиатр. комплекс неполноценности
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — психол. комплекс неполноценности Ant:superiority complex
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — психиатр. комплекс неполноценности
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — психиатр. комплекс неполноценности
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — комплекс неполноценности
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — комплекс неполноценности
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — психол. комплекс неполноценности Ant: superiority complex
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — психол. комплекс неполноценности Ant: superiority complex
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — _психол. комплекс неполноценности
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — психол. комплекс неполноценности
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — комплекс неполноценности
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — комплекс неполноценности
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — комплекс неполноценности; заниженная самооценка. 1) комплекс неполноценности; осознание своей некомпетентности, ощущение подчиненности; 2) по А. Адлеру - совокупность вытесненных страхов, …
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
INFERIORITY COMPLEX — псих. комплекс неполноценности Ant : superiority complex (психиатрическое) комплекс неполноценности
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
INFERIORITY — noun see: inferior
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COMPLEX — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Clovis complex complex number complex variable Folsom complex inferiority complex Oedipus complex vitamin B …
Английский словарь Британика
COMPLEX — I. (ˈ)käm|pleks, kəmˈp- transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Latin complexus, past participle of complecti 1. : to make complex …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INFERIORITY — (ˌ)inˌfirēˈȯrəd.ē, -fēr-, -ˈär-, -ətē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French inferiorité, from Medieval …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INFERIORITY — () The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of …
Английский словарь Webster
INFERIORITY — The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPLEX — — complexly , adv. — complexness , n. adj. , v. /keuhm pleks", kom"pleks/ ; n. /kom"pleks/ , adj. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INFERIORITY — n. state of being lower in rank or position; condition of being lesser in importance or value
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
INFERIORITY — see inferior
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMPLEX — I. ˈkäm-ˌpleks noun Etymology: Late Latin complexus totality, from Latin, embrace, from complecti Date: 1643 1. : a whole made …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INFERIORITY — the state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth.
Webster English vocab
COMPLEX — [com.plex] n [LL complexus totality, fr. L, embrace, fr. complecti] (1643) 1: a whole made up of complicated or interrelated …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INFERIORITY — inferiorit|y BrE AmE ɪn ˌfɪər i ˈɒr ət |i ˌ•ˌ•-, -ɪt i AmE \ ɪn ˌfɪr i ˈɔːr ət̬ |i …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COMPLEX — I complex adjective BrE AmE ˈkɒm pleks kəm ˈpleks, ˌkɒm- AmE ˌkɑːm ˈpleks ◂ kəm-, ˈkɑːm pleks — Preference poll, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INFERIORITY — / ɪnˌfɪəriˈɒrəti; NAmE -ˌfɪriˈɔːr-; -ˈɑːr-/ noun [ U ] the state of not being as good as sb/sth else : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPLEX — adjective , noun ■ adjective / ˈkɒmpleks; NAmE kəmˈpleks; ˈkɑːm-/ 1. made of many different things or parts that are …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INFERIORITY — in ‧ fe ‧ ri ‧ or ‧ i ‧ ty /ɪnˌfɪəriˈɒrəti, ɪnˌfɪəriˈɒrɪti $ -ˌfɪriˈɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] when …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMPLEX — I. com ‧ plex 1 S3 W2 AC /ˈkɒmpleks $ ˌkɑːmˈpleks◂/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INFERIORITY — n. the state of being inferior. øinferiority complex an unrealistic feeling of general inadequacy caused by actual or supposed inferiority …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INFERIORITY — n. the state of being inferior. inferiority complex an unrealistic feeling of general inadequacy caused by actual or supposed inferiority …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMPLEX — n. & adj. n. 1 a building, a series of rooms, a network, etc. made up of related parts (the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INFERIORITY — n. the state of being inferior. Phrases and idioms: inferiority complex an unrealistic feeling of general inadequacy caused by actual …
Oxford English vocab
INFERIORITY — see inferior
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPLEX — The adjective is pronounced /kəmpleks/ in American English. ( complexes) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INFERIORITY — see inferior
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
INFERIORITY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES inferiority complex COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE racial ▪ The crime which justifies lynching him …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMPLEX — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a complex creature (= consisting of many different parts ) ▪ Human beings are …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INFERIORITY — [noun] [U]We were surprised by the inferiority of the workmanship.His treatment as a child had given him a strong sense …
Cambridge English vocab
COMPLEX — (HAVING MANY PARTS) [adjective] - involving a lot of different but related partsa complex molecule/carbohydratea complex subject/theorya complex network of …
Cambridge English vocab
COMPLEX — n. Clovis complex complex number complex variable Folsom complex inferiority complex Oedipus complex vitamin B complex
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
INFERIORITY — Synonyms and related words : aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, abnormality, abnormity, amorphism, anomalism, anomalousness, anomaly, arrear, arrearage, arrears, badness, baseness, coarseness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMPLEX — Synonyms and related words : Byzantine, Chinese puzzle, Diana complex, Electra complex, Gordian knot, Herculean, Oedipus complex, Rube Goldberg contraption, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
INFERIORITY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ moral , racial , social ▪ the myth of racial ~ ▪ intellectual INFERIORITY + NOUN ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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