INFERIORITY COMPLEX

Meaning of INFERIORITY COMPLEX in English

noun

a feeling that you are not as good, as important or as intelligent as other people

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — 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 — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Atlanta is on a massive ego trip, mixed with a congenital inferiority complex that makes …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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

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