Related Words for impostor syndrome

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identity crisis
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Phrase, Noun
delusion
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Noun
denial
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Noun
wishful thinking
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Phrase, Noun
projection
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Noun
impression
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Noun
introjection
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Noun
hypostasis
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Noun
illusion
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Noun
psychosis
x/x
Noun
halo effect
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Phrase, Noun
externalization
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Noun
fraud
/
Noun
apperception
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Noun
mimesis
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Noun
alter ego
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
simulation
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Noun
self
/
Noun
mask
/
Noun
imago
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Noun
apotheosis
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Noun
split personality
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
myth
/
Noun
idea of reference
xxx//xx
Phrase, Noun
superego
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Noun
suspicion
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Noun
fictive
/x
Adjective
phantasy
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Noun
perfectionism
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Noun
agnosia
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Noun
cognitive dissonance
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Phrase, Noun
pretence
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Noun
depersonalization
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Noun
disorientation
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Noun
projective
x/x
Adjective
phantom
/x
Noun
discount
x/
Noun
unreality
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Noun
nihilism
/xxx
Noun
dissociative identity disorder
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Phrase, Noun
solipsism
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Noun
countertransference
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Noun
make believe
/x/
Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
dissociation
xxx/x
Noun
inner child
/x/
Phrase, Noun
bad faith
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Phrase, Noun
uncanny
x/x
Adjective
acquired
x/x
Adjective
agent
/x
Noun
aids
/
Noun, Adjective
algorithm
/xxx
Noun
anemias
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Noun
application
xx/x
Noun
architecture
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Noun
autism
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Noun
autoimmune
x/x
Adjective
behavior
x/x
Noun
cardiomyopathy
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Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
charlatan
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Noun
cheat
/
Verb, Noun
chinese restaurant syndrome
x//xx/x
Name, Name
colony
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Noun
competency
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Noun
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
construct
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Verb, Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
culture
/x
Noun, Verb
curriculum
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Noun
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
deceivers
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Noun
diagnostic
xx/x
Adjective, Name
disease
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Noun, Verb
disorder
x/x
Noun, Verb
earned
/
Adjective
environment
x/xx
Noun
etiologies
xx/xx
Noun
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fas
x
Name, Adjective
fetal alcohol syndrome
/x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
fever
/x
Noun, Verb
forfeit
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
forgery
/xx
Noun
function
/x
Noun, Verb
gained
/
Verb
hiv
/
Name
hypocrites
/xx
Noun
illness
/x
Noun
immunodeficiency
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Noun
imposter
x/x
Noun
impostors
x/x
Noun
imposture
x/x
Noun
infant
/x
Noun, Verb
learned
/
Adjective, Noun
lesion
/x
Noun, Verb
mentality
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Noun
metabolic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
method
/x
Noun, Verb
myopathies
x/xx
Noun
myopathy
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Noun
neuropathology
x/x/xx
Noun
paradox
/xx
Noun
pathologies
x/xx
Noun
persistent
x/x
Adjective
phenomenon
x/xx
Noun
phoney
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pneumonia
x/x
Noun
pregnancy
/xx
Noun
pretender
x/x
Noun, Verb
pseudo
/x
Noun, Adjective
quack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
rascals
/x
Adjective
ringer
/x
Noun
rogues
/
Noun
sars
/
Name
scoundrel
/x
Noun
sham
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
sickness
/x
Noun
spinal
/x
Adjective, Noun
strategy
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Noun
sudden
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
suffers
/x
Verb, Noun
swindle
/x
Noun, Verb
symptom
/x
Noun
syndromes
/x
Noun
theory
/x
Noun
thief
/
Noun
thoracic outlet syndrome
x/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
trauma
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Noun