impostor phenomenon

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Noun

impostor phenomenon (plural impostor phenomena)

  1. Synonym of impostor syndrome
    • 1978, Pauline Rose Clance, Suzanne Imes, “The Imposter Phenomenon in High Achieving Women Dynamics and Therapeutic Intervention”, in Psychotherapy Theory, Research and Practice, volume 15, number 3:
      We have observed at least four different types of behaviors, which tend to maintain the impostor phenomenon once the posture of being an intellectual phony has been assumed.