INFERIORITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does inferiority mean?
• INFERIORITY (noun)
The noun INFERIORITY has 3 senses:
1. the state of being inferior
2. an inferior quality
3. the quality of being a competitive disadvantage
Familiarity information: INFERIORITY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INFERIORITY (noun)
Meaning:
The state of being inferior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
inferiority; lower rank; lower status
Hypernyms ("inferiority" is a kind of...):
low status; lowliness; lowness (a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inferiority"):
backseat (a secondary or inferior position or status)
shade (a position of relative inferiority)
subordinateness; subsidiarity (secondary importance)
Meaning:
An inferior quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
low quality; inferiority
Hypernyms ("inferiority" is a kind of...):
caliber; calibre; quality (a degree or grade of excellence or worth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inferiority"):
poorness (the quality of being poorly made or maintained)
scrawniness; scrubbiness (the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality)
second class (not the highest quality in a classification)
wretchedness (the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry)
Antonym:
superiority (the quality of being superior)
Meaning:
The quality of being a competitive disadvantage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
unfavorable position; inferiority
Hypernyms ("inferiority" is a kind of...):
disadvantage (the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position)
