inferiority
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˌfɪə.riˈɒr.ə.ti/ us/ɪnˌfɪr.iˈɔːr.ə.t̬i/
C2 下等，劣等，劣势
the state of not being good, or not as good as someone or something else
His ill treatment as a child had given him a strong sense of inferiority. 他小时候受到的虐待使他有强烈的自卑感。
Women had a position of social inferiority as compared with men. 与男性相比，妇女在社会上处于低下的地位。
Compare: superiority (BETTER)
See: inferior
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- Attitudes of racial inferiority have continued to plague western culture.
- They want to eliminate practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes.
- He made comments concerning the intellectual inferiority of women during seminars.