According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary: The term 'imposter syndrome' can be traced to a 1978 article by the American psychologists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes, "The Imposter Phenomenon in High Achieving Women: Dynamics and Therapeutic Intervention." Originally called imposter phenomenon, imposter syndrome, as it's usually called, is commonly understood as a false and sometimes crippling belief that one's successes are the product of luck or fraud rather than skill. While initially Clance and Imes looked at it from the perspective of women, it has come to be used to apply to all of...