Napoléon complex

The quality of the driving seems to be inversely proportional to the size of the car, the worst drivers being in the smallest cars, the Renault 5s and the Peugeot 205s. Do French cars also have a Napoléon complex?

1999, Harriet Welty Rochefort, French Toast: An American in Paris Celebrates the Maddening Mysteries of the French, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 63

He was a good-looking guy who suffered a bit of a Napoléon complex—he was short in stature but loud.

2005, Shane L. Windmeyer, editor, Brotherhood: Gay Life in College Fraternities, Alyson Books, →ISBN, page 12

I left her there, crying softly in the doorway of a home filled with bitter old women, an egotistical, abusive husband, and one musclehead with a Napoléon complex, currently cleaning tomato aspic out of his ears.

2005, Harry Hunsicker, Still River: A Lee Henry Oswald Mystery, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, published 2006, →ISBN

He also teased the shorter men of having a Napoléon complex and teased the women for never wearing make-up.

2015, Douglas H. Ruben, Behavioral Guide to Personality Disorders (DSM-5), Charles C Thomas, →ISBN, page 188

Dodson, who’d actually consulted reference books for the diagnosis, decided Monkton’s behavior was a classic example of a Napoléon complex, the insignificantly small man’s constant need to bully.

2015, Brian Freemantle, The Cloud Collector: A Thriller, Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 5