The Jatis did not see themselves as socially inferior to the others.
And so far from being in any way inferior socially, it was he who condescended.
No nobleman was going to waste his time looking for or thinking about some socially inferior girl.
Until recently, a woman's taking a socially inferior lover was considered much more shocking than the reverse situation.
"They are considered socially inferior, but not, as in New England, excluded from view."
He made her feel cheap, disloyal, childish and socially inferior.
The discrimination stems from the fact that in many developing nations women and girls are generally perceived to be socially inferior.
At the time, some members of the British upper class looked down on Americans with disdain and considered them socially inferior.
Her second marriage was to a wealthy merchant, whom she considered to be socially inferior.
In sport, for example, the professional player is often held to be socially inferior, if at the same time technically superior, to the amateur.