superiority complex
Noun
Meaning
superiority complex (plural superiority complexes)
(psychology) An attitude of superiority which conceals actual feelings of inferiority and failure.
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Examples
He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.
A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.
I had been a vegetarian ever since coming across the Theosophical teaching. My children had never tasted meat or chicken or fish and I suffered from the normal superiority complex which is often an outstanding characteristic of a vegetarian.