superiority

English

Alternative forms

• superiourity (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsʊu.pɪə(ɹ)ˌi.ɒ.ɹɪ.ti/ X-SAMPA: /"su:pI@(r\)%i:.Q.rI.ti:/

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Noun

superiority (plural superiorities)

1. the state of being superior

   Many colleges want to achieve football superiority.

   • 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, BBC:

     Chelsea will point to that victory margin as confirmation of their superiority - but Spurs will complain their hopes of turning the game around were damaged fatally by Atkinson's decision.

Antonyms

• inferiority

Translations

the state of being superior

• Catalan: superioritat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優勢 (cmn), 优势 (cmn) (yōushì), 優越 (cmn), 优越 (cmn) (yōuyuè)

• Esperanto: supereco (eo)
• Finnish: paremmuus, etevämmyys
• French: supériorité (fr) f
• German: Überlegenheit (de) f
• Greek: ανωτερότητα (anoterotita) f, υπεροχή (uperohḗ) f

• Irish: ardchéimíocht (ga) f

  Old Irish: prímdacht f

• Italian: superiorità (it) f
• Japanese: 優勢 (ja) (ゆうせい, yūsei)
• Manx: mainshtyraght (gv) f, shareid (gv) m, fareid (gv) m, ard-chioneys (gv) m, laue an eaghtyr (gv) f
• Russian: превосходство (ru) (prevosxódstvo) n
• Spanish: superioridad (es) f
• Swedish: överlägsenhet (sv) f
• Turkish: üstünlük (tr), rüçhan (tr), faikiyet (tr)