inferiority
noun/ɪnˌfɪəriˈɒrəti/
/ɪnˌfɪriˈɔːrəti/
[uncountable]- the state of not being as good as somebody/something else
- a sense of inferiority
- social inferiority
Extra Examples- She accepted her inferiority to her rivals.
- The invading force, conscious of their numerical inferiority at sea, decided on an airborne attack.
- Using a false accent over the phone reveals feelings of inferiority.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- moral
- racial
- social
- …
- complex
- inferiority to
- a feeling of inferiority
- a sense of inferiority
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably from medieval Latin inferioritas, from Latin inferior ‘lower’.
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