noun
superiority
suu-peer-ee-O-rih-tee
noun
1
The state or quality of being better, higher-ranking, or more advanced than others.
"The team demonstrated its technical superiority throughout the match."
How to Use Superiority
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBeing better, stronger, or higher-ranked than something else.
Easily confused with
superiority complex
Common pairings
sense of superiority
military superiority
superiority complex
Word Forms
superiorities plural
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Etymology
From Old French superiorite, ultimately from Latin superior, "higher" — superior + the noun-forming suffix -ity.