A complex where the creator of any representation of something else (Statue, drawing, etc.) believes one of their specific creations, or all of them, are so realistic that it must fulfill the role of the object it is representing. This is in reference to Michelangelo's famous episode where he carvead a statue so similar to a real person he god mad when it didn't answer him, he punched it and broke part of its knee.
That idiot got Michelangelo Complex after writing that Urban Dictionary defenition, and really expected it would become widely adopted piece of slang
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John: I'm stalking my ex's new boyfriend's profile because I'm pretty sure he's a weirdo, but now I think I'm developing an inspector complex.
Dave: Go, complex, go...
Dave: Go, complex, go...
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Get the Inspector Complex mug.An unjustified feeling of superiority over traditional Islamic scholarship, coupled with a drive to create a revolution in Islamic understanding. Often driven by ignorance, arrogance, and certification from prestigious Western institutes.
It’s derived from the word mujaddid.
It’s derived from the word mujaddid.
Person 1: Did this guy just say that the Quran doesn’t teach the virgin birth of Jesus?
Person 2: Yeah, and so explicit in the Quran and all exegetes agree that Jesus had no father. That dude is suffering from a mujaddid complex.
Person 2: Yeah, and so explicit in the Quran and all exegetes agree that Jesus had no father. That dude is suffering from a mujaddid complex.
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someone: *exists*
person with the Katara complex : "my mother used to exist"
everyone else : "shut up ab your mother, no-one cares"
someone: *exists*
person with the Katara complex : "my mother used to exist"
everyone else : "shut up ab your mother, no-one cares"
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It was said that many great men had a bastard complex such as Che Guevera and William the Conquerer.
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