The state of being superior.
Used in a Sentence
superiority
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for superiority.
Editorial note
It isn't due to some sense of greed or superiority, but from a trained desire of self preservation.
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Quick take
The state of being superior.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of superiority gathered in one view.
(Scots law, historical) The right which the superior enjoys in the land held by the vassal.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for superiority.
noun
The state of being superior.
See also: transcendence, transcendency, high-quality, favorable-position
noun
(Scots law, historical) The right which the superior enjoys in the land held by the vassal.
See also: transcendence, transcendency, high-quality, favorable-position
Example sentences
It isn't due to some sense of greed or superiority, but from a trained desire of self preservation.
It's this kind of superiority complex that can't see the forest from the trees to save its life.
I think he means that the need for technological superiority in order to win wars paves the way for future wealth creation.
Outrageous air superiority means nobody wants to fight.
The F-22 Raptor is a specialized air superiority fighter and an overwhelming success at that.
Israel, especially with its technological superiority, Western backing and Iron Dome, would most certainly win.
The US already has outrageous air superiority and people still want to fight them.
The iPhone has feature parity or superiority with most other SmartPhones.
Putting all of this aside though, the real secret to the superiority of hardware meant for the datacenter often comes down to the practice of binning.
For the most part, I haven't seen a technical superiority between web & native for most of what folks want to do.
How do we keep the community but lose the tone of moral superiority?
And please also refrain from these other logical fallacies: - Domination proves superiority - Being better than bad solutions proves it is a good or even best solution.
Quote examples
I think "other careers don't require knowledge and ability like mine does" is the perfect example of illusory superiority.
> I think "other careers don't require knowledge and ability like mine does" is the perfect example of illusory superiority.
Part of the programmer superiority (especially HN readers) syndrome is driven by fear; they consider themselves special and enlightened and "better" than others, and fear that teaching anyone to be a programmer will undermine their value.
This is in spite of the fact that many of the consequentialist technical arguments for OSS like the "many eyes make all bugs shallow" argument have proven to be flawed, whereas free software making no claims of technical superiority and using ethical arguments has a much stronger, if less popular case.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use superiority in a sentence?
It isn't due to some sense of greed or superiority, but from a trained desire of self preservation.
What does superiority mean?
The state of being superior.
What part of speech is superiority?
superiority is commonly used as noun.