inferiority complex

noun

Etymology

Calque of German Minderwertigkeitskomplex (literally “complex of lesser value”), coined in 1920 by Alfred Adler.

Definitions

  1. A sense of inferiority

    A sense of inferiority; the feeling that one is inferior to others in certain aspects.

The neighborhood

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