Both Uses of
inferior
in
Childhood's End
- The objcctions and policies of these groups varied enormously: some took the religious viewpoint, while others were merely expressing a sense of inferiority.†
Chpt 3 *inferiority = the state of being of low quality or of lower quality than something else
- It might be-though this he refused to accept-that mankind could never be more than an inferior species, preserved in an out-of-the-way zoo with the Overlords as keepers.†
Chpt 22inferior = (adjective) of low quality, or of lower quality or rank than something else OR (more rarely as a noun) a person of lower rank or status
Definition:
of low quality, or of lower quality or rank than something else -- sometimes used as a noun to refer to a person of lower rank or status