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<blockquote>As a matter of fact the phrase "inferiority-[[complex]]" is hardly ever used in [[psycho]]-[[analysis]]. It does not refer to anything which we [[regard ]] as simple, let alone elementary.<ref>{{NILP}} Ch. 3</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>To trace it back to the [[perception ]] in oneself of some [[organic ]] disability or [[other]], as the [[school ]] of so-called [[Individual ]] Psychologists like to do, seems to us a short-sighted error. The [[sense ]] of inferiority has a strong [[erotic ]] basis. The [[child ]] feels itself inferior when it perceives that it is not loved, and so does the [[adult ]] as well. The only [[organ ]] that is really regarded as inferior is the stunted [[penis]]-the [[girl]]'s clitoris. But the major part of the sense of inferiority springs from the [[relationship ]] of the ego to its [[super-ego]], and, like the sense of [[guilt]], it is an expression of the tension between [[them]]. The sense of inferiority and the [[sense of guilt ]] are exceedingly difficult to distinguish. Perhaps we should do better if we regarded the former as the erotic complement to the sense of [[moral ]] inferiority.<ref>{{NILP}} Ch. 3</ref></blockquote>

The term "[[feeling]](s) of inferiority" refers to a group of representations and affects that reflect an individual's [[self]]-devaluation in relation to [[others]]. In The [[Interpretation ]] of [[Dreams ]] (1900), Sigmund [[Freud ]] mentioned a [[dream ]] marked by both [[feelings ]] of inferiority and [[infantile ]] omnipotence. The thematic [[content ]] of this dream is explicitly [[anal]], which is significant, since Freud later often returned to anal issues as forces that can have a positive or [[negative ]] impact on self-esteem.