inferiority
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5.1
- noun
- /ɪnˌfɪr.iˈɔr.ɪ.ti/
:
inferioridad
- I have a slight inferiority complex.
- feelings of inferiority
- inferiority complex
- sense of inferiority
Look, generally speaking, these people have real feelings of inferiority.
- Look, generally speaking, these people have real feelings of inferiority.
- You're beginning from a place of inferiority where you're primed to feel envious of people like that.
- Platonism asserts the superiority of the spirit and the inferiority of matter.
- If we were strict in applying the conclusions of the Adlerian school, we should say the Negro is seeking to protest against the inferiority he feels.
- Germany always had an inferiority complex, so they went to work to develop quickly.
- Whereas I think for many years it's just been mired in this sort of inferiority complex of worshiping New York and worshiping Europe.
- Men who are unable to live up to the expectations of the alpha male narrative suffer from an inferiority complex.
- But if we're talking mental inferiority thing is bullshit.
- Love is the way you fight, the child of white supremacy, which is black inferiority, black self hatred.
- The only feelings I had a lot of times were, you know, anger or, you know, inferiority, you know, self doubt, self loathing.
- And some people may think, well, these people are maybe they may have a level of like a low IQ and a mental inferiority.
- And man, I'm just, I'm just an egomaniac with a inferiority complex.
- At the core, I think of MAGA is a inherent inferiority complex.
- I'm just an egomaniac with an inferiority complex and I'm just trying to come up.
Examples
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Germany always had an inferiority complex, so they went to work to develop quickly.
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She struggled with feelings of inferiority when her classmates excelled in academics.
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The reason, I think, is that many jazz critics suffer from a kind of cultural inferiority complex.
Academic text (2011) -
Everybody knows, but Dean's got an inferiority complex.
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Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your circumstances?
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The negative outcome of this stage is a sense of inferiority, an exclusion from relations with others.
Academic text (1993) -
Colonialism engendered feelings of inferiority among Asian people in the face of anything Western.
Academic text (2008) -
Sid's sense of inferiority is confirmed by no less than the biggest jazz celebrity of the twentieth century.
Academic text (2013) -
Youths may compensate for feelings of inferiority with exaggeration or elaboration.
Academic text (2013) -
You're beginning from a place of inferiority where you're primed to feel envious of people like that.
Synonyms
13
2.8
Something that is not good or well made
7
6.5
A strong, lasting feeling of not being good enough
3
7.5
A feeling that you are not good enough and do not deserve good things
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3.7
A position lower than others in work or society
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3.9
A position that people see as less important or powerful than others
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5.8
A position with little power or respect compared to others
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6.7
Being humble and not thinking you are better than others
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5.3
A state of having low quality or too little of something
A feeling that you are not worth much
Being less important or having less power than others
A situation where someone has less chance to win or succeed
Antonyms
Compounds
How Inferior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word inferiority comes from a Latin root infer- that meant 'below' and is the same root as the word inferior. So, to feel inferiority is to feel 'lower' in value, skill, or status compared to others.