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impostor syndrome

psychological pattern in which people doubt their accomplishments and have a persistent, often internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud"
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Summary

impostor syndrome is a concept[1]. It ranks in the top 0.44% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,214 views/month, #4 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: mental state[3]
  • Subclass of: doubt[4], self doubt[5]
  • Commons category: Impostor syndrome[6]
  • Facet of: psychology[7]

Why It Matters

impostor syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → impostor-phenomenon
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: impostor-phenomenon, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289936014|impostor phenomenon (#289936014)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  2. 6w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fast id → 968229
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fast id: 968229"
  3. 6w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/imposter-syndrome
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: topic/imposter-syndrome"
  4. 21w ago · Koavf · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Impostor syndrome
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Commons category: Impostor syndrome"
  5. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Facet of → psychology
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → doubt, self doubt
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 39394, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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