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Definition of Superiority
1. Noun. The quality of being superior.
Generic synonyms: Caliber, Calibre, Quality
Specialized synonyms: Choiceness, Fineness, First Class, First Water, Cleverness, Ingeniousness, Ingenuity
Antonyms: Low Quality, Inferiority
Derivative terms: Superior
2. Noun. The quality of being at a competitive advantage.
Generic synonyms: Advantage, Vantage
Specialized synonyms: Edge, Inside Track, Upper Hand, Whip Hand
Derivative terms: Superior, Superior
3. Noun. Displaying a sense of being better than others. "He hated the white man's superiority and condescension"
4. Noun. The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits.
Generic synonyms: Domination, Mastery, Supremacy
Derivative terms: Superior, Transcend, Transcend, Transcendent, Transcend, Transcendent
Definition of Superiority
1. n. The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.
Definition of Superiority
1. Noun. the state of being superior ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Superiority
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Superiority
Literary usage of Superiority
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On War by Carl von Clausewitz, James John Graham, Frederic Natusch Maude (1908)
"... the battle,t or into the War, because the superiority of numbers was not
considered to have that importance which in the nature of things belongs to it. ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"In reality, the superiority to which they trusted was more than ... The choice
of the fighting rested with them ; and with that, also the superiority. ..."
3. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"In reality, the superiority to which they trusted was more than ... The choice
of the fighting rested with them; and with that, also the superiority. ..."
4. Digest of the Scottish Law of Conveyancing: Heritable Rights by John Craigie (1887)
"DISPOSITION OF Superiority ; CONSOLIDATION. .,-...-_.. ' a disposition IN a
disposition of superiority to a stranger, or to a vassal Peculiarities of ..."
5. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... and really regarding him as she did with friendship, she had never been more
sensible of Mr Knightley's high superiority of character. ..."
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