napoléon complex
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "The quality of the driving seems to be inversely proportional to the size of the car, the worst drivers being in the smallest cars, the Renault 5s and the Peugeot 205s. Do French cars also have a Napoléon complex?"
- "Said Rocco, “He had that Napoléon complex, because he was short.”"
- "He was a good-looking guy who suffered a bit of a Napoléon complex—he was short in stature but loud."
- "I left her there, crying softly in the doorway of a home filled with bitter old women, an egotistical, abusive husband, and one musclehead with a Napoléon complex, currently cleaning tomato aspic out of his ears."
- "He also teased the shorter men of having a Napoléon complex and teased the women for never wearing make-up."
- "Dodson, who’d actually consulted reference books for the diagnosis, decided Monkton’s behavior was a classic example of a Napoléon complex, the insignificantly small man’s constant need to bully."