superiority

Everyday

1. Superiority is being better, stronger or higher in quality than others. tree →
2. Superiority is also acting as if you are better than other people, which is unkind and annoying. tree →

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 →
• She spoke with an air of superiority that upset her friends. tree →
• The army had superiority in numbers. tree →
• No group of people has superiority over another because of skin colour. tree →
• The new phone's superiority is its long battery life. tree →
• His sense of superiority made him hard to like. tree →
• They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess. tree →

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 →

Note

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