God complex
or god com·plex
[ god-kom-pleks ]
nounPsychology.
a conviction that one is infallible, merits special attention and privileges not enjoyed by other people, and can achieve anything one wants: a nonclinical name for narcissistic personality disorder. : Compare superiority complex.
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Sheen plays Bill Masters as a doctor with a God complex, if God had been a sex researcher masking tons of insecurities.
Michael Sheen’s Masterful Study of Sex and Insecurity | Caryn James | September 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs famous as the physician “God complex” may be, presumably nobody really thinks doctors have actual superhuman powers.
Doctors Can’t Prescribe a Magical Cure for Everything | Russell Saunders | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
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