inferiority
Example Sentences
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In the first few weeks of the war we have seen how Iran has managed its tactical and materiel inferiority to some effect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
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
The realisation was particularly powerful because his winning album, simply titled Kiwanuka, had grappled with his sense of inferiority as a musician, a black man, a partner and a friend.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024
The myriad accomplishments by Black Americans in the face of the oppressive conditions of slavery and racial hierarchy openly defied stereotypes of their inferiority.
From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024
As Professor Matthews wrote at the time, “Education for ignorance and for inferiority in Verwoerd’s schools is worse than no education at all.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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