Feelings of inferiority and superiority are the same. They both come from fear. From LearnThat.org. [Dr. Robert Anthony, American management educator & writer.]
Our sense of inferiority is not, happily, one of our exports. From Wordnik.com. [Are Canadians Simply Americans on Snowshoes?] Reference
This sense of inferiority translates into the "chip on the shoulder" attitude. From Wordnik.com. [IOL: News] Reference
He is deeply conscious of his own inferiority from the narrowness of the scope in which he has lived during the course of his past life. From Wordnik.com. [The poetical works of George M. Horton : the colored bard of North Carolina : to which is prefixed the life of the author, written by himself,] Reference
Their inferiority was a fact; it appeared to be “natural.”. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
If you don't risk equality and you trap yourself in inferiority. From Wordnik.com. [Ferraro: Reagan Dems find Obama campaign 'frightening'] Reference
The cause of this estimate of her inferiority was her lack of education. From Wordnik.com. [The Promulgation of Universal Peace] Reference
The inferiority might be the result of feebleness and of want of activity of mind. From Wordnik.com. [Laws] Reference
Flann O’Brien’s relative inferiority is as much a matter of style as of substance. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Laugh] Reference
Thematic elements challenge the idea of inferiority as the title itself implies throughout the book. From Wordnik.com. [Review: The Inferior by Peadar Ó Guilín] Reference
Moreover, people who are poorly motivated are those who suffer from the so-called inferiority complex. From Wordnik.com. [Blogs 1 Weblog Network Articles] Reference
As we are not nearly so clever, we are left with a chastened sense of our inferiority, which is doubtless good for us. From Wordnik.com. [Humanly Speaking] Reference
I want to say to you, youth of Africa that the tragedy of Africa is not in the so-called inferiority of its art, its thought, its culture. From Wordnik.com. [Africa "Outside" History? President Sarkozy's infamous speech in Dakar, July 2007] Reference
It signifies some kind of inferiority on the side of the Supreme Court of Appeal. From Wordnik.com. [Responses to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly] Reference
I guess sometimes other players get some kind of inferiority complex if someone else knows more?. From Wordnik.com. [Story and Setting « Geek Related] Reference
We have, it seems to me, the kind of inferiority complex that makes it necessary to constantly bully the world until everyone loves us. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Editor] Reference
So its clear inferiority is showing, right?. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - AL continues domination in All-Star Game] Reference
"We've made them conscious of their inferiority, which is a great folly. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman's Lady]
This "inferiority" is a tool fundamental to ethnic distancing in society. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
Every major city has a kind of inferiority complex when it comes to New York. From Wordnik.com. [blogTO] Reference
I just hope the people watching this show don't have the same kind of inferiority complex. From Wordnik.com. [AnimeBlogger.net Antenna] Reference
Like I have been saying all along, it takes one community to admit "inferiority" if another community wants to achieve "superiority"!. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Malaysia] Reference
"inferiority" of a race who would allow themselves to be made slaves -- unrevenged. From Wordnik.com. [A Voice From the South] Reference
3. The concepts of "inferiority" and "superiority" are inappropriate to group comparisons. From Wordnik.com. [This will put a Cat amongst the Pigeons...] Reference
"inferiority" of the Turk vis-à-vis himself and the contemptible treatment meted out to the Turkish diplomat. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
"inferiority" of his race, despite the fact that his predecessor and all the presidents before him have been white men. From Wordnik.com. [Workers World news online] Reference
"But for some reason, he suffered an inferiority complex.". From Wordnik.com. [Japan: Death In Second Grade] Reference
Such slights are fueling a massive inferiority complex, Italian style. From Wordnik.com. [Identity Crisis] Reference
The current pessimism is part of a historical economic inferiority complex. From Wordnik.com. [The Comeback Country] Reference
Older men affirm their high-level status and assuage their feelings of inferiority. From Wordnik.com. [Why We'll Never Learn] Reference
It's a love-hate relationship, an inferiority and superiority complex rolled into one. From Wordnik.com. [Why We Care] Reference
Schell attributes much of China's behavior to what he calls a "national inferiority complex.". From Wordnik.com. [The Editor’s Desk] Reference
Yet the civilian law enforcers remain undertrained, ill-equipped and hampered by a massive inferiority complex. From Wordnik.com. [Indonesia: Why The World Should Worry] Reference
Does the desperation waft off the e-mails in waves, enveloping the whole office in its fetid cloud of amateurish inferiority?. From Wordnik.com. [My Turn: Fear and Loathing on The 'My Turn' Trail] Reference
And unlike students who win admission on the basis of affirmative action, legacies seem untouched by the stigma of inferiority. From Wordnik.com. [The Myth Of Meritocracy] Reference
But to all of this I brought my own feelings of inability and inferiority -- not only to my mother, but to my older sisters and brother. From Wordnik.com. [Money, Religion And Sex] Reference
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