inferiority

Noun

Meaning

The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

low quality lower status lower rank unfavorable position lack meanness poverty minority deficit inferior inability disadvantage disability deficiency defect
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Antonyms

superiority commission raj canton directorate manus
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Hypernyms

quality calibre disadvantage caliber lowliness lowness

Hyponyms

shade second-class wretchedness backseat poorness scrawniness

Phrases with the word

intellectual inferiority superlative of inferiority feelings of inferiority be inferiority comparative of inferiority

Examples

A Christian should avoid unhealthy religiosity: both the feeling of superiority due to virtue, and the feeling of inferiority due to sinfulness. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance. Sun Tzu

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition. Cesare Pavese

People hate who makes you feel one's inferiority. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot. Mark Twain

He who envies his admits his inferiority. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

inferior vocal fold inferiorisation inferiorise inferiority complex inferiorization inferiorize