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Synonyms & Antonyms of superiority
1
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
- the superiority of some of the customers at the exclusive beauty salon is enough to curl your hair
Synonyms for superiority
- arrogance,
- assumption,
- bumptiousness,
- consequence,
- haughtiness,
- hauteur,
- high horse,
- huffiness,
- imperiousness,
- loftiness,
- lordliness,
- masterfulness,
- peremptoriness,
- pomposity,
- pompousness,
- presumptuousness,
- pretense
- (or pretence),
- pretension,
- pretentiousness,
- self-consequence,
- self-importance,
- superciliousness,
- toploftiness
Words Related to superiority
- chest-thumping,
- inflation,
- self-assertion,
- side
- [chiefly British],
- snobbery,
- snobbishness,
- snobbism,
- snootiness
- boastfulness,
- bombast,
- braggadocio,
- bravado,
- strut,
- swagger,
- triumphalism,
- vaingloriousness,
- vainglory
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2
exceptionally high quality
- the superiority of tree-ripened mangoes might make you want to spend the rest of your life in a tropical climate
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3
the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance
- the superiority of the nation in military might
Synonyms for superiority
Words Related to superiority
- celebrity,
- fame,
- famousness,
- glory,
- honor,
- kudos,
- renown,
- reputation,
- repute
- ascendance
- (also ascendence),
- ascendancy
- (also ascendency),
- authority,
- domination,
- dominion
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“Superiority.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superiority. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of superiority was in the 15th century
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