inferiority
noun
[ ɪnˌfɪərɪˈɒrɪti ]
• the condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others.
• "they were exiled or degraded to a position of inferiority"
Similar:
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,
grottiness,
Origin:
late 16th century: probably from medieval Latin inferioritas, from Latin inferior ‘lower’.
