inferiorityn.

/ɪnfɪərɪˈɒrɪti/

Etymology: < Latin type *inferiōritās (see inferior adj. and n. and -ity suffix), probably in medieval Latin, compare Spanish inferioridad (Minsheu, 1599), Italian inferiorità (Florio, 1611), French inferiorité (Oudin, 1642).

The quality or condition of being inferior; lower position or state:

a. in degree, rank, quality, amount, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [noun]

poornessa1382

povertya1387

bada1425

lessness?a1425

worsenessa1425

nethertyc1443

minority1533

badness1539

lesserness1540

evilness1547

meanness1556

punyship1581

inferiority1599

under1600

worserness1602

inferiorness1674

deteriority1692

baddishness1824

shoddiness1886

crumbiness1949

1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Inferioridad Inferioritie, the lower part.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Inferiorita, inferioritie, a lower state.

1641 Bp. J. Hall Def. Humble Remonstr. xiii. 124 A superiority and inferiority betweene Officers of different kindes, will not prove a superiority and inferiority betweene Officers of the same kinde.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 149. ⁋10 I may feel the stings of inferiority.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 110 The inferiority of heat in the temperate and arctic zones south of the line.

1856 T. B. Macaulay Biogr. (1867) 69 [Goldsmith] was painfully sensible of his inferiority in conversation.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xi. 345 With these farther inferiorities to Davie.

b. in local position. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > lower position

inferiority1833

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 208 The inferiority of the Blaye limestone to the Miocene strata.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

inferiority complex n. generalized and unrealistic feelings of inadequacy caused by a person's reactions to actual or supposed inferiority in one sphere, sometimes compensated for by aggressive self-assertion; colloquial, exaggerated feelings of personal inadequacy; also inferiority feeling.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > obsession > [noun] > with inadequacy

inferiority complex1916

1916 B. Hall Diary 26 Dec. in B. Hall & J. J. Niles One Man's War (1929) xxvii. 221 I discovered that the British like a person who appears to have an inferiority complex.

1922 A. G. Tansley New Psychol. (rev. ed.) xix. 214 Thus the ‘inferiority complex’ may account for a whole series of well-known human traits.

1924 C. Mackenzie Heavenly Ladder xxiii. 288 I could psycho-analyse all Bloomsbury now. They all suffer from an inferiority complex. Either they feel themselves intellectually inferior to Newton or physically inferior to Sandow or morally inferior to Christ.

1925 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. ix. 12/2 Those psychic disturbances which Freudians attribute to repressed sex impulse Adler attributes to a deficiency in the mechanism of self-assertion—to the ‘inferiority complex’, which today is on the tongue of thousands who have no idea of what they are talking about.

1925 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. ix. 12/3 Dr. Adler replied: ‘Individual psychology holds that the most important key to the understanding of both personal and mass problems is the so-called sense of inferiority, or inferiority complex, and its consequences.’

1926 W. McDougall Outl. Abnormal Psychol. xxvii. 433 The inferiority complex is an important factor in some neurotics.

1927 R. H. Thouless Control of Mind 184 The man who finds himself timid and lacking in self-confidence..suffers from what the psycho-analysts call an ‘inferiority complex’.

1931 I. Malcolm Vacant Thrones 122 At bottom he [sc. Lord Curzon] was a reserved man, with an ‘inferiority complex’.

1933 W. J. H. Sprott tr. S. Freud New Introd. Lect. Psycho-anal. 88 A writer who brings in the expression ‘inferiority-complex’ thinks he has satisfied all the demands of psycho-analysis... As a matter of fact the phrase ‘inferiority-complex’ is hardly ever used in psycho-analysis.

1934 H. C. Warren Dict. Psychol. 137/2 Inferiority feeling.

1937 C. Day Lewis Starting Point i. ii. 32 I'd not be sure that I wasn't doing it from false motives—from envy..or inferiority-feeling.

1947 N. L. Munn Psychol. xi. 224/2 Alfred Adler..popularized the terms ‘inferiority and superiority complex’ which are regarded as outcomes of, respectively, unsuccessful and successful exploitation of the ‘will to power’.

1954 L. Carmichael Man. Child Psychol. (ed. 2) xviii. 1118/2 Such a child..will develop an inferiority complex and will soon slow down in his attempts to cope with his environment.

1961 J. A. C. Brown Freud & Post-Freudians iii. 39 In order to compensate for inferiority feelings, each child develops..his own particular strategy.

1974 Daily Tel. 9 Mar. 15/3 Mrs Thompson seemed to have an inferiority complex. Strangers were made to feel unwelcome.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	inferiority
释义	inferiorityn. /ɪnfɪərɪˈɒrɪti/ Etymology: < Latin type inferiōritās (see inferior adj. and n. and -ity suffix), probably in medieval Latin, compare Spanish inferioridad* (Minsheu, 1599), Italian inferiorità (Florio, 1611), French inferiorité (Oudin, 1642). The quality or condition of being inferior; lower position or state: a. in degree, rank, quality, amount, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [noun] poornessa1382 povertya1387 bada1425 lessness?a1425 worsenessa1425 nethertyc1443 minority1533 badness1539 lesserness1540 evilness1547 meanness1556 punyship1581 inferiority1599 under1600 worserness1602 inferiorness1674 deteriority1692 baddishness1824 shoddiness1886 crumbiness1949 1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Inferioridad Inferioritie, the lower part. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Inferiorita, inferioritie, a lower state. 1641 Bp. J. Hall Def. Humble Remonstr. xiii. 124 A superiority and inferiority betweene Officers of different kindes, will not prove a superiority and inferiority betweene Officers of the same kinde. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 149. ⁋10 I may feel the stings of inferiority. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 110 The inferiority of heat in the temperate and arctic zones south of the line. 1856 T. B. Macaulay Biogr. (1867) 69 [Goldsmith] was painfully sensible of his inferiority in conversation. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xi. 345 With these farther inferiorities to Davie. b. in local position. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > lower position inferiority1833 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 208 The inferiority of the Blaye limestone to the Miocene strata. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. inferiority complex n. generalized and unrealistic feelings of inadequacy caused by a person's reactions to actual or supposed inferiority in one sphere, sometimes compensated for by aggressive self-assertion; colloquial, exaggerated feelings of personal inadequacy; also inferiority feeling. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > obsession > [noun] > with inadequacy inferiority complex1916 1916 B. Hall Diary 26 Dec. in B. Hall & J. J. Niles One Man's War (1929) xxvii. 221 I discovered that the British like a person who appears to have an inferiority complex. 1922 A. G. Tansley New Psychol. (rev. ed.) xix. 214 Thus the ‘inferiority complex’ may account for a whole series of well-known human traits. 1924 C. Mackenzie Heavenly Ladder xxiii. 288 I could psycho-analyse all Bloomsbury now. They all suffer from an inferiority complex. Either they feel themselves intellectually inferior to Newton or physically inferior to Sandow or morally inferior to Christ. 1925 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. ix. 12/2 Those psychic disturbances which Freudians attribute to repressed sex impulse Adler attributes to a deficiency in the mechanism of self-assertion—to the ‘inferiority complex’, which today is on the tongue of thousands who have no idea of what they are talking about. 1925 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. ix. 12/3 Dr. Adler replied: ‘Individual psychology holds that the most important key to the understanding of both personal and mass problems is the so-called sense of inferiority, or inferiority complex, and its consequences.’ 1926 W. McDougall Outl. Abnormal Psychol. xxvii. 433 The inferiority complex is an important factor in some neurotics. 1927 R. H. Thouless Control of Mind 184 The man who finds himself timid and lacking in self-confidence..suffers from what the psycho-analysts call an ‘inferiority complex’. 1931 I. Malcolm Vacant Thrones 122 At bottom he [sc. Lord Curzon] was a reserved man, with an ‘inferiority complex’. 1933 W. J. H. Sprott tr. S. Freud New Introd. Lect. Psycho-anal. 88 A writer who brings in the expression ‘inferiority-complex’ thinks he has satisfied all the demands of psycho-analysis... As a matter of fact the phrase ‘inferiority-complex’ is hardly ever used in psycho-analysis. 1934 H. C. Warren Dict. Psychol. 137/2 Inferiority feeling. 1937 C. Day Lewis Starting Point i. ii. 32 I'd not be sure that I wasn't doing it from false motives—from envy..or inferiority-feeling. 1947 N. L. Munn Psychol. xi. 224/2 Alfred Adler..popularized the terms ‘inferiority and superiority complex’ which are regarded as outcomes of, respectively, unsuccessful and successful exploitation of the ‘will to power’. 1954 L. Carmichael Man. Child Psychol. (ed. 2) xviii. 1118/2 Such a child..will develop an inferiority complex and will soon slow down in his attempts to cope with his environment. 1961 J. A. C. Brown Freud & Post-Freudians iii. 39 In order to compensate for inferiority feelings, each child develops..his own particular strategy. 1974 Daily Tel. 9 Mar. 15/3 Mrs Thompson seemed to have an inferiority complex. Strangers were made to feel unwelcome. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1599
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