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# superiority

noun (superiority — uncountable)

«superiority» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Superiority is being better, stronger or higher in quality than others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#m1)
2. Superiority is also acting as if you are better than other people, which is unkind and annoying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#m2)

### In the lessons

In sport and history, a team or army may have «superiority» in numbers or skill. In PSHE and stories, a character with a «superiority complex» or an «air of superiority» looks down on others. In maths, superiority can be about one amount being bigger. Phrases: «a sense of superiority», «an air of superiority», «superiority in numbers», «air superiority».

### Examples

- Their team's superiority was clear by half-time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#x1)
- She spoke with an air of superiority that upset her friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#x2)
- The army had superiority in numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#x3)
- No group of people has superiority over another because of skin colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#x4)
- The new phone's superiority is its long battery life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#x5)
- His sense of superiority made him hard to like. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#x6)
- They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. From «superior» (better, higher) + -ity. Opposite: «inferiority». «Superiority complex» means thinking you are better than everyone.

## In Jewish tradition

In sport and history, a team or army may have «superiority» in numbers or skill. In PSHE and stories, a character with a «superiority complex» or an «air of superiority» looks down on others. In maths, superiority can be about one amount being bigger. Phrases: «a sense of superiority», «an air of superiority», «superiority in numbers», «air superiority».

### Examples

- The purpose of the author was to e ..pliiisizc the superiority of alphabetic writing over the non-alphabetic writing (ideographic and syllabic) used by all the nations of antiquity, and even now by a great portion of mankind. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/superiority/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable. From «superior» (better, higher) + -ity. Opposite: «inferiority». «Superiority complex» means thinking you are better than everyone.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «superiority» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «superiority» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/superiority/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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