inferiority complex

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

inferiority complex (plural inferiority complexes)

(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)

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