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inferiorize

inferiorize verb: to make or treat as inferior.

Verb

inferiorize (third-person singular simple present inferiorizes, present participle inferiorizing, simple past and past participle inferiorized)

  1. (transitive) To make or treat as inferior.

Forms of inferiorize

third-person singular presentinferiorizes
present participleinferiorizing
past participleinferiorized
pastinferiorized

Origin of inferiorize

From inferior + -ize.

Questions about inferiorize

What does inferiorize mean?
Inferiorize means to make or treat as inferior.
What part of speech is inferiorize?
Inferiorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of inferiorize?
The past tense of inferiorize is inferiorized.

Words near inferiorize in the dictionary

  1. inferiority
  2. inferiority complex
  3. inferiority complexes
  4. inferiorization
  5. inferiorizations
  6. inferiorize
  7. inferiorized
  8. inferiorizes
  9. inferiorizing
  10. inferiorly
  11. inferiormost

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