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su⋅pe⋅ri⋅or⋅i⋅ty

  [suh-peer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-, soo-]
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–noun
the quality or condition of being superior.
Origin:
1520–30; < ML superiōritāt- (s. of superiōritās). See superior, -ity
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su·pe·ri·or   (sŏŏ-pîr'ē-ər)   
adj.  
  1. Higher than another in rank, station, or authority: a superior officer.
  2. Of a higher nature or kind.
  3. Of great value or excellence; extraordinary.
  4. Greater in number or amount than another: an army defeated by superior numbers of enemy troops.
  5. Affecting an attitude of disdain or conceit; haughty and supercilious.
  6. Above being affected or influenced; indifferent or immune: "Trust magnates were superior to law" (Gustavus Myers).
  7. Located higher than another; upper.
  8. Botany Inserted or situated above the perianth. Used of an ovary.
  9. Printing Set above the main line of type.
  10. Logic Of wider or more comprehensive application; generic. Used of a term or proposition.
n.  
  1. One that surpasses another in rank or quality.
  2. Ecclesiastical The head of a religious community, such as a monastery, abbey, or convent.
  3. Printing A superior character, as the number 2 in x2.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, comparative of superus, upper, from super, over; see uper in Indo-European roots.]
su·pe'ri·or'i·ty (-ôr'ĭ-tē, -ŏr'-) n., su·pe'ri·or·ly adv.
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Superiority

Su*pe`ri*or"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. sup['e]riorit['e], LL. superioritas.] The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.

Syn: Pre["e]minence; excellence; predominancy; prevalence; ascendency; odds; advantage.
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