impostor
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The band address the phenomenon on their recent song Impostor, which reflects on the anxiety of building on that momentum, and the understandable onset of impostor syndrome.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025
How can I convince Captain Impostor that they are no longer welcome as my sidekick in life?
From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2022
Impostor syndrome is something that doesn’t sit with you all the time.
From Slate • May 2, 2021
That cloud complements a potent, persistent case of Impostor Syndrome; he’s spent much of his career, he told me, waiting for someone to tap his shoulder and whisper, “Dave, the real guy is here.”
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2020
That fearful Impostor, Pumblechook, immediately nodded, and said, as he rubbed the arms of his chair, “It’s more than that, Mum.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 3
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