Inferiority - English meaning

ɪnˌfɪə.riˈɒr.ə.ti

Inferiority – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others.
Usage examples:
They were exiled or degraded to a position of inferiority
Synonims:
Lowliness Inferior status Inferior position Secondary status Secondary position Subordination Subservience Subjection Servitude Shoddiness Second-rateness Substandardness Unfitness Unsatisfac

noun
The state of not being good, or not as good as someone or something else
Usage examples:
His ill treatment as a child had given him a strong sense of inferiority., women had a position of …

Inferiority translation into English

Inferiority: translate from English into Chinese

自卑

Inferiority: translate from English into Dutch

Minderwaardigheid, Onvolwaardigheid

Inferiority: translate from English into French

Infériorité

Inferiority: translate from English into German

Minderwertigkeit, Unterlegenheit, Schlechtigkeit, Niedrigere stellung

Inferiority: translate from English into Hindi

हीनता, अपकर्ष, न्यूनता, निम्नता, तुच्छता, घटियापन

Inferiority: translate from English into Italian

Inferiorità

Inferiority: translate from English into Korean

하위, 열성

Inferiority: translate from English into Russian

Неполноценность, Более низкое положение, Более низкое качество, Более низкое достоинство, Низшая степень

Inferiority: translate from English into Spanish

Inferioridad, Cosa inferior

Word origin

late 16th century: probably from medieval Latin inferioritas, from Latin inferior ‘lower’.

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Inferiority – similar words

inferiorities

noun
The condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others.
Usage examples:
They were exiled or degraded to a position of inferiority

Inferiorities - all meanings in English

inferior

adjective
Lower in rank, status, or quality.
Usage examples:
Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country

noun
A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.
Usage examples:
Her social and intellectual inferiors

Inferior - all meanings in English

Inferiority synonims

servitude

noun
The state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful.
Usage examples:
You've got thousands of years of peasant servitude to make up for

noun
The state of being under the control of someone else and of having no freedom; the condition of a slave

Servitude - all meanings in English

shoddiness

noun
The quality of being badly and carelessly made, using low quality materials
Usage examples:
Chronic underfunding, lack of repairs, and shoddiness made accidents inevitable., a stroll around t…

Shoddiness - all meanings in English

subjection

noun
The action of subjecting a country or person to one's control, or the fact of being subjected.
Usage examples:
The country's subjection to european colonialism

noun
The state of being under the political control of another country or state
Usage examples:
The book discusses the political subjection of the island by its larger neighbour.

Subjection - all meanings in English

subordination

noun
The action of subordinating or the state of being subordinate.
Usage examples:
The subordination of medicine to political expediency

Subordination - all meanings in English

subservience

noun
Willingness to obey others unquestioningly.
Usage examples:
He demonstrated his complete subservience to his masters

noun
A willingness to do what other people want, or the act of considering your wishes as less important than those of other people
Usage examples:
She lives in total subservience to the men in her family., after years of subservience to the west,…

Subservience - all meanings in English

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