"inferiority" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inferiorities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪti Etymology: Morphologically inferior + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|inferior|ity}} inferior + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inferiority (countable and uncountable, plural inferiorities)
  1. The quality or state of being inferior. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inferiority-en-noun-HfCWLgFA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 13 4 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 56 12 3 30
  2. An inferior value or quality. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inferiority-en-noun-YGUOo4Ts
  3. An inferior power. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inferiority-en-noun-rtEnDXBf
  4. The quality of being a competitive disadvantage. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being a competitive disadvantage): (son) (Japanese), 不利 (furi) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-inferiority-en-noun-SGEvg-kO Disambiguation of 'quality of being a competitive disadvantage': 28 22 1 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inferiourity [obsolete, rare], deteriority, inferiority, netherness, raunch, suckage [slang], suckiness [slang], worseness Hypernyms: inequality Hyponyms: commonalty, imperfection, subordinacy Derived forms: inferiority complex Related terms: badness, lowness Translations (quality of being inferior): ἥττημα (hḗttēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), natamamlıq (Azerbaijani), малоценност (malocennost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), inferioritat [feminine] (Catalan), 劣勢 (Chinese Mandarin), 劣势 (lièshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 低劣 (dīliè) (Chinese Mandarin), minderwaardigheid [feminine] (Dutch), inferioriteit (Dutch), malsupereco (Esperanto), alemmuus (Finnish), alempiarvoisuus (Finnish), huonommuus (Finnish), infériorité [feminine] (French), inferioridade [feminine] (Galician), დაბალი ხარისხი (dabali xarisxi) (Georgian), დაბალი მდგომარეობა (dabali mdgomareoba) (Georgian), უფრო დაბალი ხარისხი (upro dabali xarisxi) (Georgian), უფრო დაბალი მდგომარეობა (upro dabali mdgomareoba) (Georgian), infreso (Ido), inferiorità [feminine] (Italian), 下賎 (gesen) (Japanese), 下級 (kakyū) (Japanese), 低級 (teikyū) (Japanese), 劣位 (retsui) (Japanese), niższość [feminine] (Polish), неполноце́нность (nepolnocénnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), inferioridad [feminine] (Spanish), underlägsenhet [feminine] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'quality of being inferior': 36 27 6 31

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      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dabali mdgomareoba",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
      "word": "დაბალი მდგომარეობა"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "upro dabali xarisxi",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "upro dabali mdgomareoba",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
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      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
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      "roman": "gesen",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
      "word": "下賎"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakyū",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
      "word": "下級"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teikyū",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
      "word": "低級"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "retsui",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
      "word": "劣位"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niższość"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepolnocénnostʹ",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неполноце́нность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inferioridad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "quality of being inferior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "underlägsenhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "son",
      "sense": "quality of being a competitive disadvantage",
      "word": "損"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "furi",
      "sense": "quality of being a competitive disadvantage",
      "word": "不利"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inferiority"
}

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