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A real term for when people feel like they're faking it, but aren't
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“Impostor syndrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impostor%20syndrome. Accessed 27 May. 2020.
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The first known use of impostor syndrome was in 1982
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