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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. inferioritynoun

    Antonyms:
    superiority

  2. inferioritynoun

    Antonyms:
    superiority

  3. inferioritynoun

    Antonyms:
    superiority

  4. inferioritynoun

    Antonyms:
    superiority

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. inferiority

    Synonyms:
    subordination, minority, poverty, mediocrity, subjection, servitude, depression

    Antonyms:
    superiority, majority, excellence, eminence, independence, mastery, exaltation, elevation

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. inferiority, lower status, lower ranknoun

    the state of being inferior

    Synonyms:
    low quality, unfavorable position, lower rank, lower status

    Antonyms:
    superiority, high quality

  2. inferiority, low qualitynoun

    an inferior quality

    Synonyms:
    low quality, unfavorable position, lower rank, lower status

    Antonyms:
    high quality, superiority

  3. inferiority, unfavorable positionnoun

    the quality of being a competitive disadvantage

    Synonyms:
    low quality, unfavorable position, lower rank, lower status

    Antonyms:
    high quality, superiority

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. inferioritynoun

    Synonyms:
    lower state or condition

  2. inferioritynoun

    Synonyms:
    subordination

  3. inferioritynoun

    Synonyms:
    mediocrity, poor quality

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. inferioritynoun

    Synonyms:
    subordinacy, mediocrity, deficiency

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#3761poverty
#4452depression
#4956minority
#41855mediocrity
#45272servitude
#47817subordination
#52274inferiority
#59900subjection

How to use inferiority in a sentence?

  1. Lord Chesterfield:

    Most people enjoy the inferiority of their friends.

  2. Oscar Wilde, "The Remarkable Rocket":

    The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated.

  3. Jonar Nader:

    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.

  4. Mark Twain:

    The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.

  5. Romila Thapar:

    These claims can be interpreted as signs of an inferiority complex, The most disturbing thing is that many people accept this without questioning it.


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