inferiority
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It’s an inferiority complex tempered by innovative breakthroughs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
And the worse the Netflix originals get, the clearer it becomes that artistic inferiority has been baked into the company’s business model.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Argentina might have taken the World Cup final to extra time - the fifth of the past six to go that far - but that could not mask their inferiority.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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
Permian’s streak over Odessa High had created deep-rooted convictions of inferiority, to the extent that Principal Starnes spent time after each loss telling students and teachers that losing to Permian wasn’t a reflection on anything.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Vocabulary lists containing inferiority
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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The Catcher in the Rye
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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