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English
Etymology
Morphologically inferior + -ity.
Pronunciation
Noun
inferiority (countable and uncountable, plural inferiorities)
- The quality or state of being inferior.
- An inferior value or quality.
- An inferior power.
- The quality of being a competitive disadvantage.
Antonyms
Derived terms
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 (retsui)
- Polish: niższość f
- Russian: неполноце́нность (ru) f (nepolnocénnostʹ)
- Spanish: inferioridad (es) f
- Swedish: underlägsenhet (sv) f
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quality of being a competitive disadvantage