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優越複合 (yuuetsufukugou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

優ゆう越えつ複ふく合ごう

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Meanings

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superiority complex

A psychological term for an exaggerated feeling of being better than others, often masking insecurity. Used in clinical and everyday contexts.

彼かれは優ゆう越えつ複ふく合ごうが強つよくて、いつも他た人にんを

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いる

。

He has a strong superiority complex and always looks down on others.

優ゆう越えつ複ふく合ごうは劣れっ等とう感かんの裏うら返がえしであることが多おおい。

A superiority complex is often the flip side of an inferiority complex.

Kanji

優tenderness, excel, surpass
越surpass, cross over, move to
複duplicate, double, compound
合fit, suit, join

Related words

劣れっ等とう感かん
Inferiority complex; the feeling of being inferior, which can lead to a superiority complex as a defense mechanism.
優ゆう越えつ感かん
A general feeling of superiority, not necessarily pathological like a complex.

Built from

優ゆう越えつ+複ふく合ごう

Etymology

Compound of 優越 (superiority) and 複合 (complex), a calque from English 'superiority complex'.