inferiority

English

Alternative forms

• inferiourity (obsolete, rare)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪti

Noun

inferiority (countable and uncountable, plural inferiorities)

1. The quality or state of being inferior.
2. An inferior value or quality.
3. An inferior power.

   She held an inferior rank in the hierarchy.

4. The quality of being a competitive disadvantage.

Antonyms

• superiority

Translations

quality of being inferior

• Azerbaijani: natamamlıq
• Bulgarian: малоценност f (malocennost)
• Catalan: inferioritat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劣勢／劣势 (zh) (lièshì), 低劣 (zh) (dīliè)

• Dutch: minderwaardigheid (nl) f, inferioriteit (nl)
• Esperanto: malsupereco
• Finnish: alemmuus, alempiarvoisuus, huonommuus
• French: infériorité (fr) f
• Galician: inferioridade (gl) f
• Georgian: დაბალი ხარისხი (dabali xarisxi), დაბალი მდგომარეობა (dabali mdgomareoba), უფრო დაბალი ხარისხი (upro dabali xarisxi), უფრო დაბალი მდგომარეობა (upro dabali mdgomareoba)
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• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἥττημα n (hḗttēma)

• Ido: infreso (io)
• 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 (sv) f

quality of being a competitive disadvantage

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