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单词 superiority complex
释义

superiority complex

noun

: an exaggerated opinion of oneself

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web And having a superiority complex has always been that voice. Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022 This can veer into an intellectual superiority complex. Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2022 Like all egomaniacs, his insufferable superiority complex comes entangled with a devastating inferiority complex; ambition and supremacy are matched by self-loathing and anger. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2021 My boyfriend, on the other hand, sometimes has somewhat of a superiority complex. Love Letters.com, 8 Oct. 2019 Not so long ago, a restaurant opening in a luxury development might have had tablecloths, formal service, even more formal cuisine, and a superiority complex. BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2019 Something about this tickled me, a high school loner with a superiority complex. Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2018 Rightly or wrongly, Judge (and his showrunner Alec Berg) see that kind of superiority complex as what’s driving so many industry CEOs, and compelling them to overlook the more ethically dodgy parts of their business. David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2018 Not a bone in my body indicts anyone in this crisis of responsibility because of a cosmopolitan- or moral-superiority complex. David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 15 Feb. 2018 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

superiority complex

noun

: an excessive striving for or pretense of superiority to compensate for supposed inferiority

superiority complex

noun

as in bumptiousness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • bumptiousness
  • high horse
  • peremptoriness
  • swelled head
  • superiority
  • arrogance
  • huffiness
  • masterfulness
  • assumption
  • self-consequence
  • superciliousness
  • imperiousness
  • haughtiness
  • lordliness
  • vanity
  • loftiness
  • egoism
  • hauteur
  • toploftiness
  • vaingloriousness
  • self-assumption
  • smugness
  • pomposity
  • self-partiality
  • presumptuousness
  • consequence
  • bravado
  • complacence
  • cockiness
  • egotism
  • pompousness
  • inflation
  • pridefulness
  • triumphalism
  • swagger
  • snobbery
  • boastfulness
  • strut
  • snobbism
  • attitude
  • pride
  • self-contentment
  • vainglory
  • snobbishness
  • braggadocio
  • pretence
  • self-complacency
  • self-opinion
  • pretense
  • self-content
  • conceit
  • self-centeredness
  • snootiness
  • pretentiousness
  • pretension
  • self-satisfaction
  • bombast
  • self-importance
  • dominance
  • disdain
  • self-conceit
  • impudence
  • side
  • sauciness
  • brag
  • chest-thumping
  • cheekiness
  • scorn
  • condescension
  • self-assertion
  • cheek
  • bowwow
  • high-handedness
  • bossiness
  • authoritativeness
  • impertinence

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • humility
  • modesty
  • unpretentiousness
  • unassumingness
  • retiringness
  • diffidence
  • demureness
  • shyness
  • bashfulness
  • timidity
  • meekness
  • passivity
  • timidness
  • reserve
  • passiveness
  • quietness
  • submissiveness
  • self-distrust
  • lowliness
  • reservedness
  • mousiness
  • self-doubt
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