Meaning of superiority in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

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  1. Noun

    superiority

    Definitions

    1. the quality of being superior

    Antonyms

  2. 2. the quality of being a competitive advantage
  3. 3. displaying a sense of being better than others

    Examples

    • « he hated the white man's superiority and condescension »
  4. 4. the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits

    Derived terms

Famous quotes

  • « Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. »
    Romain Gary
  • « There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. There was no nationalistic, political or ethnic superiority to be thankful for. »
    John Clayton
  • « The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority. »
    Henry Rollins
  • « Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall. »
    Paul Harris
  • « 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

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