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The only person at the meeting who actually knows how little they know.
means Someone who pretends to be a person, qualification, or identity they do not actually hold, usually to deceive others for gain, access, or cover.
from From Latin imponere, 'to impose' or 'to place upon' — the same root that gives us 'impose' and 'imposition.' The word passed through French imposteur before landing in English around the late 1500s, carrying the sense of someone who 'puts one over' on another — literally imposing a false front onto the truth.
- the syndrome
- affects high achievers far more than frauds
- original spelling
- borrowed from French imposteur, meaning deceiver
- real fraud trait
- frauds rarely doubt themselves this much