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LOWER RANK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being inferior
Synonyms:
inferiority; lower rank; lower status
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lower rank" is a kind of...):
low status; lowliness; lowness (a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lower rank"):
backseat (a secondary or inferior position or status)
shade (a position of relative inferiority)
subordinateness; subsidiarity (secondary importance)
