Examples of superiority complex in a Sentence
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The resort managers at the various White Lotus locations share a tight fuse and superiority complex.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
Victoria’s power is sublimated, but her superiority complex is strong.
—Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Our guru would have abhorred any sense of superiority complex based on the fact that we were spared while others suffered.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
But the kind of inbuilt superiority complex that came through in Pereira’s comments inevitably lends the whole thing more frisson.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 7 July 2024
This one, however, takes devastating aim at a certain kind of liberal’s insufferable superiority complex.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Written by a man suffering from superiority complex?
—Anushka Halve, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The Lake Superior account is known for its sassy takes and superiority complex.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2024
That's because a superiority complex is not diagnosable, according to the DSM-5.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 Aug. 2024
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
Victoria’s power is sublimated, but her superiority complex is strong.
—Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Our guru would have abhorred any sense of superiority complex based on the fact that we were spared while others suffered.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
But the kind of inbuilt superiority complex that came through in Pereira’s comments inevitably lends the whole thing more frisson.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 7 July 2024
This one, however, takes devastating aim at a certain kind of liberal’s insufferable superiority complex.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Written by a man suffering from superiority complex?
—Anushka Halve, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The Lake Superior account is known for its sassy takes and superiority complex.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2024
That's because a superiority complex is not diagnosable, according to the DSM-5.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Superiority complex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superiority%20complex. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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