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# superiority

«superiority» in Mova's school dictionary: **being better, stronger or higher in quality than others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (superiority — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Superiority is being better, stronger or higher in quality than others. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#x1)
- She spoke with an air of superiority that upset her friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#x2)
- The army had superiority in numbers. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#x4)
- The new phone's superiority is its long battery life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/#x5)
- His sense of superiority made him hard to like. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «superiority» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superiority/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.