Inferiority

In-feˊri-or′i-ty

,

[Cf. F.

infériorité

.]

The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition;

as,

inferiority

of rank, of talents, of age, of worth

.

A deep sense of our own great

inferiority

.

Boyle.

Inferiority

INFERIOR'ITY

,

Noun.

A lower state of dignity, age, value or quality. We speak of the inferiority of rank, of office, of talents, of age, of worth.

inferiority

English

Alternative forms

inferiourity (obsolete, rare)

Noun

inferiority ‎(countable and uncountable, plural inferiorities)

The quality or state of being inferior.
An inferior quality.
The quality of being a competitive disadvantage.

Antonyms

superiority

Translations

quality of being inferior

Chinese:
Mandarin: 劣勢 (zh), 低劣 (zh)
Catalan: inferioritat f
Esperanto: malsupereco
Finnish: alemmuus, alempiarvoisuus, huonommuus
French: infériorité (fr) f
Galician: inferioridade (gl) f

Ido: infreso
Italian: inferiorità (it) f
Japanese: 下賎 (ja) ‎(gesen), 下級 (ja) ‎(kakyū), 低級 (ja) ‎(teikyū), 劣位 ‎(retsui)
Russian: неполноце́нность (ru) f ‎(nepolnocénnostʹ)
Spanish: inferioridad (es) f
Swedish: underlägsenhet f

quality of being a competitive disadvantage

Japanese: 損 (ja) ‎(son), 不利 (ja) ‎(furi)

Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Inferiority

In-feˊri-or′i-ty

Webster 1828 Edition

Inferiority

INFERIOR'ITY

Definition 2024

inferiority

inferiority

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Antonyms

Translations

Similar Results