inferiorism

Etymology

From inferior + -ism.

inferiorism means The belief that some people are inherently inferior to others. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

Why this word is great

INFERIORISM — [Noun] The ideological doctrine that certain people or groups are inherently and irrevocably inferior to others. From the Latin inferior ("lower, inferior") and the suffix -ism (denoting a system, principle, or ideological doctrine). Unlike subordinationism (a precise theological heresy concerning hierarchy within the Godhead) or racism (a specific and virulent system based on race), inferiorism is the generic, toxic blueprint—the abstracted principle of hierarchy that can be stamped onto any human difference. It is the cold administrative logic behind the segregated ledger, the bored sneer of a teacher preordaining a pupil's fate, and the institutional warmth reserved only for the designated superior. It is the tyranny of the vertical impulse, a small, mean creed that builds its monuments from the rubble of other lives.

noun

The belief that some people are inherently inferior to others.“Yet what seems to be an act of resistance to English cultural domination is little more than acquiescence in the imaginary binaries of inferiorism. The colonisers have already declared themselves to be rational, thoughtful, and cultured, in opposition to the colonised who are irrational, passionate, and primitive.”