Complex
Complex adjective - Having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated.
Literal
Literal adjective - Restricted to or based on fact.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- An angelic Civil War leads to Castiel getting a literal god complex and rampaging across the world.
Source: The World Is Always Doomed - The Fusion Dance is a literal one and a lot longer and more complex than the Dragon Ball edition, too.
Source: Heartwarming in Hindsight -
This is a departure from his usual portrayal, which presents him as a nihilistic, megalomaniacal monster with a literal god-complex.
Source: Film / X-Men: Apocalypse
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