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Synonyms for inferiority
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Princeton's WordNet
inferiority, lower status, lower rank(noun)
the state of being inferior
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low quality, unfavorable position, lower rank, lower statusAntonyms:
superiority, high qualityinferiority, low quality(noun)
an inferior quality
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low quality, unfavorable position, lower rank, lower statusAntonyms:
high quality, superiorityinferiority, unfavorable position(noun)
the quality of being a competitive disadvantage
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low quality, unfavorable position, lower rank, lower statusAntonyms:
high quality, superiority
Wiktionary
inferiority(noun)
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superiorityinferiority(noun)
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superiorityinferiority(noun)
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superiorityinferiority(noun)
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superiority
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
inferiority
Synonyms:
subordination, minority, poverty, mediocrity, subjection, servitude, depressionAntonyms:
superiority, majority, excellence, eminence, independence, mastery, exaltation, elevation
Dictionary of English Synonymes
inferiority(n.)
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lower state or conditioninferiority(n.)
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subordinationinferiority(n.)
Synonyms:
mediocrity, poor quality
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
inferiority(n)
Synonyms:
subordinacy, mediocrity, deficiency
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#3761 | poverty | |
#4452 | depression | |
#4956 | minority | |
#41855 | mediocrity | |
#45272 | servitude | |
#47817 | subordination | |
#52274 | inferiority | |
#59900 | subjection |
How to use inferiority in a sentence?
Realize the complicated specials of what we call the “inferiority complex.” In other words, what, Miss Thing, is so damn special about you to make you feel so specially inferior to any other jerk?
We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.
Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.
Underneath that, there’s a sense of inferiority and incompleteness.
Mark Twain, What Is Man? (1906):
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.
Translations for inferiority
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- عقدة النقصArabic
- inferioritatCatalan, Valencian
- MinderwertigkeitGerman
- malsuperecoEsperanto
- inferioridadSpanish
- alemmuus, huonommuus, alempiarvoisuusFinnish
- inférioritéFrench
- inferioridadeGalician
- inferioritàItalian
- 賎, 下賎, 劣勢, 不利, 劣位, 損, 下等Japanese
- minderwaardigheidDutch
- неполноце́нностьRussian
- underlägsenhetSwedish
- தாழ்வுTamil
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