superiority complex

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Recent Examples of superiority complex The Neun are your bosses, with excessively potent abilities and superiority complexes to match. Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Wednesday has a diabolical superiority complex. Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025 Regarding the supporting cast, Dave is a white, privileged dude with a superiority complex, and in the show, he’s surrounded by people of color who challenge his perception of himself. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 July 2025 Khan is arrogant and has maintained his superiority complex towards his Arlen neighbors. Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 July 2025 Two of the leads hated each other — the British stage actor thought the scruffy newcomer was a snot-nosed punk, and his younger co-star felt the veteran thespian was a drunk with a superiority complex. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025 Newsom’s comments definitely embody that superiority complex that can sometimes shine in the Golden State. Tom Philp, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2025 However, because a superiority complex is so closely related to narcissistic personality disorder, experts theorize that the effects of NPD can sometimes overlap with the effects of a superiority complex. Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superiority complex
Noun
  • The Air sign likes to advise those in need, and will get up on their high horse and grandstand so their views can be heard.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Next week, Weapons finally faces a contender with a good shot at knocking it off its high horse.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This propensity for mental acrobatics, alongside his immense arrogance, was how Epstein rationalized his crimes to himself.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Using him comes across as arrogance.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Europeans, including Las Casas initially, claimed superiority as Christians, as most of the Africans Europeans encountered were either Muslim or animist.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Their innovation is to replace the demagogue’s roar with the bureaucrat’s moral superiority.
    Alexis Coe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Amazon isn't the only tech company that appears to make assumptions about AI's effects on code.
    NPR, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That assumption collapsed along with Larsen B in the early 2000s, and scientists soon came to a consensus that ice loss was well underway.
    Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.
    Matteo Atti, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Superiority complex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superiority%20complex. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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