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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