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inferiority complex
in
The Catcher in the Rye
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What I did, I finally put my suitcases under my bed, instead of on the rack, so that old Slagle wouldn't get a goddam inferiority complex about it.†
p. 141.6 *

inferiority complex = a general feeling of not being as good as others
She said he had an inferiority complex.†
p. 176.1
Every time you mention some guy that's strictly a bastard—very mean, or very conceited and all—and when you mention it to the girl, she'll tell you he has an inferiority complex.†
p. 176.3
His name was Bob Robinson and he really had an inferiority complex.†
p. 176.4
The trouble with girls is, if they like a boy, no matter how big a bastard he is, they'll say he has an inferiority complex, and if they don't like him, no matter how nice a guy he is, or how big an inferiority complex he has, they'll say he's conceited.†
p. 176.8
The trouble with girls is, if they like a boy, no matter how big a bastard he is, they'll say he has an inferiority complex, and if they don't like him, no matter how nice a guy he is, or how big an inferiority complex he has, they'll say he's conceited.†
p. 176.9
I didn't want her to get a goddam inferiority complex.†
p. 228.9

Definitions:

(1) (inferiority complex)
a general feeling of not being as good as others -- sometimes resulting in overcompensating behavior that can lead to spectacular success or excessive aggression
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)