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God complex
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English
Noun
An unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility.
en 2016 Don't Hurt Yourself (Beyoncé song) Don't Hurt Yourself w:Beyoncé Lemonade Bad motherfucker, God complex / Motivate your ass, call me Malcolm X
Translations
inflated feelings of personal ability etc.
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 上帝情結 Shàngdì qíngjié
Finnish: fi jumaluuskompleksi
Italian: it complesso del Messia m, it complesso di Cristo m, it sindrome del salvatore m
Japanese: ja 神コンプレックス kamikonpurekkusu, ja メサイアコンプレックス mesaiakonpurekkusu
Polish: pl Kompleks Boga
Portuguese: pt complexo de messias m
Turkish: tr Tanrı kompleksi
See also
en Christ complex
en messiah complex
en savior complex
en hubris
en megalomania
en play God
References
McLemee.com The Shrink with a God Complex Ronald Hayman Newsday, (April 22, 2001).
News-Service.Stanford.edu Did Caligula have a God complex? Stanford, Oxford archaeologists find evidence that depraved tyrant annexed sacred temple', John Sanford (September 10, 2003).
en eponyms