superiority
part of speech
noun (superiority — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
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 →
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
- 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 →
- 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.
Trees and pragmatics
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