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   inferiority

   /ɪnˌfɪərɪˈɒrɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others: "they were exiled or degraded to a position of inferiority" Similar lowlinessinferior statusinferior positionsecondary statussecondary positionsubordinationsubserviencesubjectionservitudeshoddinesssecond-ratenesssubstandardnessunfitnessunsatisfactorinesspoornesscheapnessmediocrityindifferenceimperfectionfaultinessdeficiencyinformal:grottinessOpposite superiority

   Word Origin late 16th century: probably from medieval Latin inferioritas, from Latin inferior ‘lower’.

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