superiority

English

Alternative forms

• superiourity (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French superiorite, from Medieval Latin superioritas, from Latin superior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊu.pɪə(ɹ)ˌi.ɒ.ɹɪ.ti/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪti

Noun

superiority (countable and uncountable, plural superiorities)

1. The state of being superior.

   Many US colleges want to achieve superiority in the sport of football.

   • Henry Makow

     To affirm racial identity is not to claim superiority. We are a family of man, each race contributing something unique.

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

     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.

2. (Scotland, law, historical) The right which the superior enjoys in the land held by the vassal.

Antonyms

• inferiority

Related terms

• superior

Translations

the state of being superior

• Azerbaijani: üstünlük (az)
• Catalan: superioritat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優勢／优势 (zh) (yōushì), 优势 (zh) (yōushì), 優越／优越 (zh) (yōuyuè), 优越 (zh) (yōuyuè)

• Esperanto: supereco
• Finnish: paremmuus (fi), etevämmyys
• French: supériorité (fr) f
• Galician: superioridade (gl) f
• Georgian: უპირატესობა (uṗiraṭesoba)
• German: Überlegenheit (de) f
• Greek: ανωτερότητα (el) f (anoterótita), υπεροχή (el) f (yperochí)

  Ancient Greek: ὑπεροχή f (huperokhḗ)

• Hungarian: fölény (hu)
• Ido: supereso (io)
• Irish: ardchéimíocht f

  Old Irish: prímdacht f

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• Italian: superiorità (it) f
• Japanese: 高貴 (ja) (kōki), 上級 (ja) (jōkyū), 高級 (ja) (kōkyū), 優位 (ja) (yūi)
• Latin: superioritas f
• Manx: mainshtyraght f, shareid m, fareid m, ard-chioneys m, laue an eaghtyr f
• Maori: hiranga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overlegenhet (no) m or f

• Portuguese: superioridade (pt) f
• Romanian: superioritate (ro) f
• Russian: превосхо́дство (ru) n (prevosxódstvo)
• Spanish: superioridad (es) f
• Swedish: överlägsenhet (sv) f
• Turkish: üstünlük (tr), rüçhan (tr), faikiyet (tr)
• Ukrainian: перева́га (pereváha), старшинство́ (staršynstvó)