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Noun: superiority  sû,peer-ee'or-i-tee [N. Amer], sû,peer-ee'ó-ri-tee [Brit]
  1. The quality of being superior
    - high quality
     
  2. The quality of being at a competitive advantage
    - favorable position [US], favourable position [Brit, Cdn]
     
  3. Displaying a sense of being better than others
    "he hated the white man's superiority and condescension"
     
  4. The state of excelling, surpassing or going beyond usual limits
    - transcendence, transcendency

Derived forms: superiorities

Type of: advantage, arrogance, caliber [US], calibre [Brit, Cdn], domination, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness, mastery, quality, supremacy, vantage

Antonym: inferiority

Encyclopedia: Superiority

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