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Synonyms for inferiority
in·fe·ri·or·i·ty
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Wiktionary
inferioritynoun
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superiorityinferioritynoun
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superiorityinferioritynoun
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superiorityinferioritynoun
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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
Princeton's WordNet
inferiority, lower status, lower ranknoun
the state of being inferior
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low quality, unfavorable position, lower rank, lower statusAntonyms:
superiority, high qualityinferiority, low qualitynoun
an inferior quality
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low quality, unfavorable position, lower rank, lower statusAntonyms:
high quality, superiorityinferiority, unfavorable positionnoun
the quality of being a competitive disadvantage
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low quality, unfavorable position, lower rank, lower statusAntonyms:
high quality, superiority
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
inferioritynoun
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lower state or conditioninferioritynoun
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subordinationinferioritynoun
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mediocrity, poor quality
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
inferioritynoun
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subordinacy, mediocrity, deficiency
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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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?
My first reaction was disbelief and disappointment, in a case with this much significance, for a Supreme Court justice to make comments that amplify the myth of racial inferiority, is deeply disheartening.
Inventors, pioneers, radicals, visionaries; these have ventured from the lonely and costly camp of minority only to be obstructed by majority-rule concepts that tolerate inferiority, hinder progress, harbor injustice, and pose limits within the decaying status quo.
When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior.
The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling I have always cultivated.
Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.
Translations for inferiority
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- عقدة النقصArabic
- inferioritatCatalan, Valencian
- MinderwertigkeitGerman
- malsuperecoEsperanto
- inferioridadSpanish
- alemmuus, huonommuus, alempiarvoisuusFinnish
- inférioritéFrench
- inferioridadeGalician
- inferioritàItalian
- 賎, 下等, 損, 劣位, 不利, 劣勢, 下賎Japanese
- minderwaardigheidDutch
- неполноце́нностьRussian
- underlägsenhetSwedish
- தாழ்வுTamil
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