inferiority complex

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

inferiority complex (plural inferiority complexes)

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

Antonyms

• superiority complex

Translations

a sense of inferiority

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: natamamlıq kompleksi
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自卑感 (zh) (zìbēigǎn), 自卑情結／自卑情结 (zh) (zìbēi qíngjié), 劣等感 (zh) (lièděnggǎn), 妄自菲薄 (zh) (wàngzìfěibó)

• Czech: komplex méněcennosti (cs) m, (colloquial) mindrák (cs) m
• Dutch: minderwaardigheidscomplex (nl)
• Esperanto: minuskomplekso
• Finnish: alemmuuskompleksi (fi)
• French: complexe d’infériorité m, sentiment d’infériorité m
• Galician: complexo de inferioridade (gl) m
• Georgian: არასრულფასოვნების კომპლექსი (arasrulpasovnebis ḳomṗleksi)
• German: Minderwertigkeitskomplex (de) m
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: kisebbrendűségi komplexus
• Irish: coimpléasc ísleachta m
• Italian: complesso d'inferiorità m
• Japanese: 劣等感 (ja) (れっとうかん, rettōkan)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 콤플렉스 (ko) (kompeullekseu), 열등감(劣等感) (ko) (yeoldeunggam), 열등감 콤플렉스 (yeoldeunggam kompeullekseu)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kompleks niższości m
• Portuguese: complexo de inferioridade m
• Romanian: complex de inferioritate (ro) n, sentiment de inferioritate n
• Russian: ко́мплекс неполноце́нности (ru) m (kómpleks nepolnocénnosti)
• Spanish: complejo de inferioridad m
• Swedish: mindervärdeskomplex (sv) n
• Tagalog: panganganino, pamamalahibo
• Thai: ปมด้อย (th) (bpom-dɔ̂i)
• Turkish: aşağılık kompleksi (tr)
• Ukrainian: ко́мплекс меншова́ртості m (kómpleks menšovártosti), ко́мплекс неповноці́нності m (kómpleks nepovnocínnosti)
• Vietnamese: mặc cảm tự ti (－感自卑), tự ti mặc cảm (自卑－感), phức cảm tự ti (复感自卑)