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What does it mean?
A defensive reaction against being insulted or underestimated by someone else.
In plain terms
Don't treat me like I'm foolish.
What can you take from it?
People resent being underestimated or insulted by others.

Where it applies

  • conflict
  • criticism
  • confrontation

Putting it to work

  • maintaining self-respect
  • setting boundaries
  • responding to insults

Questions to consider

  • When do you feel misunderstood?
  • How do you defend your intelligence?

Another view

It assumes the other person is wrong about the speaker's intelligence.

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