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Recent Examples of superiority complex
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superiority complex
Noun
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And, by the way, Tim Walz gets on his high horse about mind your own damn business.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Aug. 2024
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Jayden, continuing to gallop on his high horse, has trusted himself as the saviour of their relationship and by proxy, Tori.—
Alexandra Koster,
refinery29.com,
12 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Opinion: America was gaslit by the arrogance of Joe Biden and his enablers.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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The arrogance of the IRS should shock the conscience of all Americans.—
Chuck Flint,
Boston Herald,
21 May 2025
Noun
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The formal presentation took place in the same battle-scarred stadium, Berlin’s Olympiastadion, where Adolf Hitler watched Owens, the Black American athlete, win four gold medals in the 1936 Games, dealing a blow to Hitler’s notions of racial superiority.—
Ciarán Fahey,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Imagine a future Supreme Court case challenging church-state separation, with Christians vying against Christians for superiority.—
Emmett Coyne,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Administrators can begin by: • Auditing their systems for accessibility barriers, including the assumption that students must meet traditional admissions criteria.—
Nicole Kim,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The assumption was that the Trump Administration will not care.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
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“Superiority complex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superiority%20complex. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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