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inferiority

[in-feer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-] / ɪnˌfɪər iˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr- /
NOUN
deficiency
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Inferiority was at stake in Shakespeare's puns, too.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2013

An Inferiority Complex The train-till-you-drop mentality derives, in part, from a physical-inferiority complex that's taken as fact in Chinese sports circles.

From Time Magazine Archive

An Inferiority Complex The train-till-you-drop mentality derives, in part, from a physical-inferiority complex that's taken as fact in Chinese sports circles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Alfred Adler, discovered the Inferiority Complex, whose wide acceptance has nearly shouldered aside the Freudian interpretations, among them the Oedipus Complex.

From Time Magazine Archive

Inferiority to Salmon P. Chase was not a disgrace.

From The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights by Hume, John F. (John Ferguson)




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