superioritynoun [ U ]
uk/suːˌpɪə.riˈɒr.ə.ti/us/səˌpɪr.iˈɔːr.ə.t̬i/superiority noun [ U ] (BETTER)
C2 the fact that one person or thing is better, stronger, etc. than another:
The Australian team soon demonstrated their superiority over the opposition.
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inferiority
C2 an unpleasant way of behaving that a person has when they think they are better than other people:
Her sense of superiority makes her very unpopular.
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Extremely good
- admirable
- amazing
- ask for sb/sth
- award-winning
- awesome
- bowl
- brilliant
- incomparable
- incredible
- inspired
- irreplaceable
- life is just a bowl of cherries idiom
- outstanding
- parallel
- sick
- superb
- superlatively
- supremacy
- supreme
- terrific
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Saddening, shocking and upsetting
superiority noun [ U ] (HIGHER)
the state of being of a higher rank or social position than others
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Organizations - position & status
- a rung on/of the ladder idiom
- apparatchik
- associate
- back seat
- be a big fish in a small pond idiom
- betters 2
- brethren
- comrade
- echelon
- elite
- entry-level
- equal
- fellow
- low-level
- position
- role
- second class
- senior
- standing
- subordinate
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Important people and describing important people