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Synonyms for inferiority


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-feer-ee-er
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈfɪər i ər



Définition of inferiority

Origin :
  • 1590s, probably from Medieval Latin *inferioritas; see inferior + -ity. Inferiority complex first attested 1922.
  • The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority. [John C. Calhoun]
  • noun deficiency
Example sentences :
  • He would prize the jewel, and overlook the inferiority of the casket.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • And that lurking vanity of the inferior to lessen his own inferiority did the rest.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Who knows that he was not dimly aware of his own inferiority, and thus feared to venture?
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • We see, then, that the primal ground of inferiority in these pleasures 5.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • But I allow this inferiority only with respect to the paintings of Turner, not to his drawings.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • Nor can the measure of his inferiority be told, except in a figure.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • These, when they come home, shall teach the youth the inferiority of all other governments.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • The inferiority might be the result of feebleness and of want of activity of mind.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • The consciousness of his own inferiority, his own duplicity, made him hate Pete.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • And this was an inferiority Walpole loved to cherish and was pleased to think over.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

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