superiority

Noun

Meaning

The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

advantage odds prevalence excellence preeminence phoenix excellency dominion eminence control power force influence lead majority
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Antonyms

inferiority Achilles tendon beginning base basis calibre
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Hypernyms

quality calibre advantage domination mastery caliber

Hyponyms

edge first-class ingenuity cleverness fineness ingeniousness

Related terms

superior

Phrases with the word

air superiority blue affected superiority naval superiority feeling of superiority display of superiority male superiority

Examples

A Christian should avoid unhealthy religiosity: both the feeling of superiority due to virtue, and the feeling of inferiority due to sinfulness. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia

I know no other sign of superiority than Goodness. Ludwig van Beethoven

Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority. Mary Wollstonecraft

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. Leonard Cohen

Equality is difficult, but superiority is painful. Serere Proverb

Equality is not easy, but superiority is painful. Serere Proverb

Close letter words and terms

superior-inferior superiorate superioress superiority complex superiority of crossbreeds superiority of hybrids