superiority
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6.1
- noun
- /suːˌpɪəriˈɔːrɪti/
:
actitud de superioridad
- I knew not to give any hint of superiority or contempt.
- a sense of superiority
- an attitude of superiority
- moral superiority
Again, it sort of fosters their cold sense of superiority.
- Again, it sort of fosters their cold sense of superiority.
- What you're seeing in the narcissist is a false sense of superiority.
- So I don't see that as A at all a statement of racial or ethnic superiority.
- I don't think we should try to found our self worth on some sort of bogus claims of, of superiority in, in terms of our intelligence.
- And if we grow up feeling inferior, it's very common to then develop a sense of superiority.
- It makes sense because to hold these sorts of beliefs is based on some sense of superiority and that is the narcissistic person's ground game.
- But there's such an allegiance even from poor whites to whiteness and it's privilege, it's superiority.
- Some people use inner work as a superiority flex.
- So like there's not this level of superiority that he should have on her at this point.
- And then you may also hear lots of victimized superiority stuff.
- feel that and be happy with it, but don't make it into some kind of superiority because the ego can always creep in.
- I know that this is how people should be judging, judging, judging all from this place of superiority.
Examples
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I hate people with a superiority complex.
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His arrogance and sense of superiority often alienated his friends.
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From that, they feel a sense of superiority.
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One position showed scorn, another superiority, and a third deep thought.
Fiction book (1994) -
No, Anne-Sylvie's pride came from assumed superiority to the world around her.
Fiction book (1991) -
Many have rejected its imposed cultural superiority after bitter and extensive interaction with Western culture.
Academic text (1991) -
Why is our conviction of superiority, however deeply held, different from those of our predecessors?
Academic text (1994) -
Her brother displayed a smile of superiority, which their mother silently applauded: "Father is an innocent."
Fiction book (1995) -
Both understand the world as being under the sway of Allah, and the superiority of Islam as being evident.
Academic text (2013) -
Surprisingly, for all his pose of skepticism and superiority, Zachary Graff, too, was a Christian.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
133
4.8
Being too proud and acting as if you are better than others
16
7.9
An attitude that shows someone feels more important than others
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6.3
An attitude of thinking you are better than others because of wealth or class
8
6.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
2
7.2
Feeling that you are better than other people because you think highly of yourself
1
7.9
Thinking that you are more important or powerful than others
1
7.5
A way of thinking that makes you feel better than others and makes you treat them as less important
1
7.4
A way of behaving like you are better than other people because of money or class
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8.4
Being someone who thinks they are better than people with less money or social position and looks down on them
1
8.1
A way of behaving that shows you think you are better than other people
Behaving as if you are better than other people
Treating people as if they are less smart or important
A feeling that you are better than other people
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.2
Feeling that you are better than other people because you think highly of yourself
How Arrogant
- Literature
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8.9
133
4.8
- Offensive
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7.4
33
6.1
16
7.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Superiority comes from the prefix super- meaning 'above', which gives the image of being 'above' other people. That's why superiority can also mean an attitude of feeling better than other people.