Editing Inferiority complex (section)

== Superiority complex ==
{{Main article|Superiority complex}}
{{Further|Identification with the Aggressor}}
Related to the inferiority complex is a "[[superiority complex]]", a psychological [[defense mechanism]] in which a person's outward display of superiority displaces or conceals their feelings of inferiority. Differentiated by Adler from a normal desire for social recognition, the superiority complex results in vulgar displays of self-worth or status, stemming from underlying feelings of inferiority{{snd}}sometimes judged by observers to appear as a form of [[imposture]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Primer of Adlerian Psychology: The Analytic-behavioral-cognitive Psychology of Alfred Adler|last1=Mosak|first1=Harold H.|last2=Maniacci|first2=Michael P.|year=1999|publisher=Psychology Press|page=82}}</ref>