inferiority
/ɪnˌfɪərɪˈɒrɪti
/noun [mass noun]
The condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others: ideas of sexual difference condemned women to a position of inferiority his sense of failure adds to his feelings of inferiority...
- Conversely, deprivation produces feelings of inferiority, weakness and helplessness.
- In a condition of inferiority and objectification, submission is usually essential for survival.
- However, from this position of avowed inferiority, could I possibly make two tiny observations?
Synonyms
lowliness, inferior status, inferior position, secondary status, secondary position, subordination, subservience, subjection, servitude
shoddiness, second-rateness, substandardness, unfitness, unsatisfactoriness, poorness, cheapness, mediocrity, indifference;
imperfection, faultiness, deficiency
British informal grottiness
Origin
Late 16th century: probably from medieval Latin inferioritas, from Latin inferior 'lower'.