"impostor syndrome" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪmˈpɒstə ˈsɪndɹəʊm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪmˈpɑstɚ ˈsɪndɹoʊm/ [General-American], /-dɹəm/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-impostor syndrome.ogg Forms: impostor syndromes [plural]
Etymology: First observed as impostor phenomenon by Pauline R. Clance and Suzanne A. Imes in 1978. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} impostor syndrome (usually uncountable, plural impostor syndromes)
  1. (psychology) A psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize his or her accomplishments, remaining convinced that he or she does not deserve any accompanying success. Wikipedia link: Impostor syndrome Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Psychology Related terms: Capgras delusion Translations (psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments): متلازمة المحتال (Arabic), ինքնակոչի համախտանիշ (inkʻnakočʻi hamaxtaniš) (Armenian), کۆنیشانی فریودەر (konîşanî frîwder) (Central Kurdish), 冒名頂替綜合症 (Chinese Mandarin), 冒名顶替综合症 (màomíng dǐngtì zōnghézhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), oplichterssyndroom [neuter] (Dutch), bedriegerssyndroom [neuter] (Dutch), bedriegersfenomeen [neuter] (Dutch), huijarisyndrooma (Finnish), syndrome de l’imposteur [masculine] (French), syndrome de l’autodidacte [masculine] (French), Impostor-Syndrom [neuter] (German), Impostor-Phänomen [neuter] (German), Betrüger-Phänomen [neuter] (German), Hochstapler-Syndrom [neuter] (German), Mogelpackungs-Syndrom [neuter] (German), σύνδρομο του απατεώνα (sýndromo tou apateóna) [neuter] (Greek), תסמונת המתחזה (Hebrew), sindrom penyemu (Indonesian), sindrome dell'impostore [feminine] (Italian), インポスター症候群 (Japanese), 가면증후군 (gamyeonjeunghugun) (Korean), 가면현상 (gamyeonhyeonsang) (Korean), syndroma impostoris (Latin), bedragersyndromet [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), سندرم ایمپاستر (Persian), syndrom oszusta (Polish), síndrome do impostor [feminine] (Portuguese), síndrome da fraude [feminine] (Portuguese), fenómeno do impostor [masculine] (Portuguese), синдром самозванца (sindrom samozvanca) [masculine] (Russian), síndrome del impostor [masculine] (Spanish), síndrome de fraude [masculine] (Spanish), fenómeno del impostor [masculine] (Spanish), bluffsyndromet (Swedish), sahtekâr sendromu (Turkish), синдро́м самозва́нця (syndróm samozváncja) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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          "psychology"
        ],
        [
          "psychological",
          "psychological"
        ],
        [
          "phenomenon",
          "phenomenon"
        ],
        [
          "internalize",
          "internalize"
        ],
        [
          "accomplishment",
          "accomplishment"
        ],
        [
          "convince",
          "convince"
        ],
        [
          "deserve",
          "deserve"
        ],
        [
          "accompanying",
          "accompanying#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(psychology) A psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize his or her accomplishments, remaining convinced that he or she does not deserve any accompanying success."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Impostor syndrome"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈpɒstə ˈsɪndɹəʊm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈpɑstɚ ˈsɪndɹoʊm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-dɹəm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "متلازمة المحتال"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "inkʻnakočʻi hamaxtaniš",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "ինքնակոչի համախտանիշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "冒名頂替綜合症"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "màomíng dǐngtì zōnghézhèng",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "冒名顶替综合症"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oplichterssyndroom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bedriegerssyndroom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bedriegersfenomeen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "huijarisyndrooma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "syndrome de l’imposteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "syndrome de l’autodidacte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Impostor-Syndrom"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Impostor-Phänomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Betrüger-Phänomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hochstapler-Syndrom"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mogelpackungs-Syndrom"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sýndromo tou apateóna",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σύνδρομο του απατεώνα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "תסמונת המתחזה"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "sindrom penyemu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sindrome dell'impostore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "インポスター症候群"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gamyeonjeunghugun",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "가면증후군"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gamyeonhyeonsang",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "가면현상"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "konîşanî frîwder",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "کۆنیشانی فریودەر"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "syndroma impostoris"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bedragersyndromet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "سندرم ایمپاستر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "syndrom oszusta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "síndrome do impostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "síndrome da fraude"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fenómeno do impostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sindrom samozvanca",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "синдром самозванца"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "síndrome del impostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "síndrome de fraude"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fenómeno del impostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "bluffsyndromet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "word": "sahtekâr sendromu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "syndróm samozváncja",
      "sense": "psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "синдро́м самозва́нця"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impostor syndrome"
}

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