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Synonyms for inferiority

  • noun

Most common

minority deficiency subordination subservience indifference mediocrity imperfection subjection

All synonyms

Noun

subservience, subordination, minority, deficiency, indifference, mediocrity, imperfection, subjection, subordinacy

Antonyms

superiority, noninferiority, excellence

All antonyms of inferiority →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The quality or state of being inferior.

Related words

Is a kind of
inequality

Forms

Plural
inferiorities → subserviences, subordinations, minorities, deficiencies…

Example sentences

  • minority Fork-users have historically been in the minority.
  • deficiency AIDS means "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome".
  • subordination I will not tolerate such subordination.
  • indifference The path to Auschwitz was paved with indifference.
  • mediocrity Here we are in the reign of mediocrity!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
inferioritysteady
minoritysteady
deficiencyfalling
subordinationrising
subserviencesteady
indifferencesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
minority4
10 letters
deficiency4, mediocrity5, subjection
11 letters
subordinacy
12 letters
indifference4, imperfection4, subservience4
13 letters
subordination5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minority4 = 4 syllables).

In other languages

Français
infériorité
Deutsch
Minderwertigkeit