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inferiority

[in-feer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-] / ɪnˌfɪər iˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr- /
NOUN
deficiency
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To equate discomfort and/or brief awkwardness with artistic inferiority is a losing game for those who claim to love movies.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

Underlying all that is the fragile ego of a state whose outward brassiness is often a cover for an inferiority complex stoked by its glittering neighbor.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

"There was no inferiority complex from Grimsby, far from it. If anything it was the other way around."

From BBC Aug. 27, 2025

And they remember a time in which the city’s messy urban forms and perceived cultural inferiority provided endless creative fuel, and liberation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2025

For some reason, somewhere in his life, he has gotten an inferiority complex.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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