inferiority

English

Alternative forms

• inferiourity (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

Morphologically inferior +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

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• 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.
4. The quality of being a competitive disadvantage.

Antonyms

• superiority

Derived terms

• inferiority complex

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 (fi), 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)
• 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 (ja) (retsui)
• Polish: niższość f
• 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)