(ˌ)inˌfirēˈȯrəd.ē, -fēr-, -ˈär-, -ətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French inferiorité, from Medieval Latin inferioritat-, inferioritas, from Latin inferior + -itat-, -itas -ity — more at inferior
1. : the state of being inferior : a lower state or condition
making you feel her superiority, your inferiority ; how poor she was; how rich you were — Virginia Woolf
2. : sense of being inferior
adolescence's indecisive shames and inferiorities — Ruth Park