SUPERIORITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does superiority mean?
• SUPERIORITY (noun)
The noun SUPERIORITY has 4 senses:
1. the quality of being superior
2. the quality of being a competitive advantage
3. displaying a sense of being better than others
4. the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
Familiarity information: SUPERIORITY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SUPERIORITY (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of being superior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
high quality; superiority
Hypernyms ("superiority" is a kind of...):
caliber; calibre; quality (a degree or grade of excellence or worth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "superiority"):
choiceness; fineness (the quality of being very good indeed)
first class (the highest rank in a classification)
first water (the highest quality gems)
cleverness; ingeniousness; ingenuity (the property of being ingenious)
Antonym:
inferiority (an inferior quality)
Meaning:
The quality of being a competitive advantage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
favorable position; favourable position; superiority
Hypernyms ("superiority" is a kind of...):
advantage; vantage (the quality of having a superior or more favorable position)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "superiority"):
edge (a slight competitive advantage)
inside track (a favorable position in a competition)
upper hand; whip hand (position of advantage and control)
Meaning:
Displaying a sense of being better than others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
he hated the white man's superiority and condescension
Hypernyms ("superiority" is a kind of...):
arrogance; haughtiness; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness (overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors)
Meaning:
The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
transcendence; transcendency; superiority
Hypernyms ("superiority" is a kind of...):
domination; mastery; supremacy (power to dominate or defeat)
