air-superiority

[air-suh-peer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-, -soo-]

air-su·pe·ri·or·i·ty

[air-suh-peer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-, -soo-]
adjective
designating a fighter aircraft built for long patrol capability at high altitudes and supersonic speeds, with air-to-air combat as its principal mission.

Origin:
1930–35
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Air-superiority has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
given to using long words.
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