Impostor syndrome is feeling a fraud despite doing the work well. Suffer impostor syndrome.
It is commonest in people who are genuinely capable, which is the cruel part of it. Impostor syndrome was first described in 1978 and is not a medical diagnosis.
1nounimpostor syndromeFeeling a fraud despite doing the work well.
“The impostor syndrome lasted about eleven years and then faded.”
impostor syndrome is a feeling.
First described as the impostor phenomenon by Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes in 1978.
First observed as impostor phenomenon by Pauline R. Clance and Suzanne A. Imes in 1978.
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