Superiority_complex Superiority_complex

Superiority complex - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Aberration, Abnormality, Accent, Advantage, Amperage, Anomaly, Ascendancy, Authority, Beef, Benevolence


Definition n.

  1. An exaggerated feeling of being superior to others.
  2. A psychological defense mechanism in which feelings of superiority counter or conceal feelings of inferiority.

Example Usage of Superiority

dev_random: Underlying Principle of Socio-Genetics: Superiority is recessive.
warnick: @easyrhetor You want intellectual Superiority? I could *totally* beat that octopus at Trivial Pursuit. Well, best of three, for sure.
easyrhetor: another chink in the armor for human intellectual Superiority: http://tinyurl.com/yaafehf
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