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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A persistent sense of inadequacy or a tendency to self-diminishment, sometimes resulting in excessive aggressiveness through overcompensation.
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- noun a
sense ofinferiority ; thefeeling that one isinferior to others in certain aspects.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated
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