"superiority" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /sʊuˌpɪə(ɹ).iˈɒ.ɹɪ.ti/ [UK] Audio: en-us-superiority.ogg [US] Forms: superiorities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪti Etymology: From Middle English superiorite, from Old French superiorite, from Medieval Latin superioritas, from Latin superior. Morphologically superior + -ity. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|superiorite}} Middle English superiorite, {{der|en|fro|superiorite}} Old French superiorite, {{der|en|ML.|superioritas}} Medieval Latin superioritas, {{der|en|la|superior}} Latin superior, {{suffix|en|superior|ity}} superior + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} superiority (countable and uncountable, plural superiorities)
  1. The state of being superior. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being superior): ὑπεροχή (huperokhḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), üstünlük (Azerbaijani), перава́га (pjeraváha) [feminine] (Belarusian), старшы́нства (staršýnstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), старшынство́ (staršynstvó) [neuter] (Belarusian), превъзхо́дство (prevǎzhódstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), superioritat [feminine] (Catalan), 優勢 (Chinese Mandarin), 优势 (yōushì) (Chinese Mandarin), 優越 (Chinese Mandarin), 优越 (yōuyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), převaha [feminine] (Czech), nadřazenost [feminine] (Czech), supereco (Esperanto), paremmuus (Finnish), etevämmyys (Finnish), supériorité [feminine] (French), superioridade [feminine] (Galician), უპირატესობა (uṗiraṭesoba) (Georgian), Überlegenheit [feminine] (German), ανωτερότητα (anoterótita) [feminine] (Greek), υπεροχή (yperochí) [feminine] (Greek), fölény (Hungarian), felsőbbrendűség (Hungarian), supereso (Ido), ardchéimíocht [feminine] (Irish), superiorità [feminine] (Italian), 高貴 (kōki) (alt: こうき) (Japanese), 上級 (jōkyū) (alt: じょうきゅう) (Japanese), 高級 (kōkyū) (alt: こうきゅう) (Japanese), 優位 (yūi) (alt: ゆうい) (Japanese), superioritas [feminine] (Latin), pārākums [masculine] (Latvian), mainshtyraght [feminine] (Manx), shareid [masculine] (Manx), fareid [masculine] (Manx), ard-chioneys [masculine] (Manx), laue an eaghtyr [feminine] (Manx), hiranga (Maori), overlegenhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), prímdacht [feminine] (Old Irish), wyższość [feminine] (Polish), przewaga [feminine] (Polish), superioridade [feminine] (Portuguese), superioritate [feminine] (Romanian), превосхо́дство (prevosxódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), старшинство́ (staršinstvó) (english: seniority) [neuter] (Russian), prevaha [feminine] (Slovak), nadradenosť [feminine] (Slovak), superioridad [feminine] (Spanish), överlägsenhet [feminine] (Swedish), pruccamñe (Tocharian B), üstünlük (Turkish), rüçhan (Turkish), faikiyet (Turkish), перева́га (pereváha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ви́щість (výščistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), старшинство́ (staršynstvó) (english: seniority) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-superiority-en-noun-iRpW~MCW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'the state of being superior': 97 3
  2. (Scots law, historical) The right which the superior enjoys in the land held by the vassal. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-superiority-en-noun-baQ7TsmJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: inequality Hyponyms: command, gree [Scotland], nobility, perfection, prepollence, preponderance, air superiority, air supremacy, full-spectrum superiority, high ground [idiomatic] Derived forms: air superiority, casualty of superiority, full-spectrum superiority, full spectrum superiority, superiority complex Related terms: superior, first among equals, the upper hand, whip hand, goodness, highness, purity

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          "roman": "huperokhḗ",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "huperbolḗ",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
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          "word": "ὑπερβολή"
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          "word": "fölény"
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          "word": "felsőbbrendűség"
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          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "word": "supereso"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "the state of being superior",
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          "word": "ardchéimíocht"
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          "sense": "the state of being superior",
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          "word": "prímdacht"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
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          "alt": "こうき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōki",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "word": "高貴"
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          "alt": "じょうきゅう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jōkyū",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "word": "上級"
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          "alt": "ゆうい",
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          "roman": "yūi",
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          "code": "lv",
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          "code": "gv",
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          "sense": "the state of being superior",
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          "sense": "the state of being superior",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "word": "hiranga"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "wyższość"
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          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "przewaga"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "the state of being superior",
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          "sense": "the state of being superior",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prevosxódstvo",
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          "word": "превосхо́дство"
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          "english": "seniority",
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          "roman": "staršinstvó",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
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          "word": "старшинство́"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prevaha"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "nadradenosť"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "superioridad"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "överlägsenhet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "word": "pruccamñe"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "word": "üstünlük"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "word": "rüçhan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "word": "faikiyet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pereváha",
          "sense": "the state of being superior",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "перева́га"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "overlegenhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wyższość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przewaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superioridade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superioritate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevosxódstvo",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "превосхо́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "seniority",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "staršinstvó",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "старшинство́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prevaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nadradenosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superioridad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "överlägsenhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "word": "pruccamñe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "word": "üstünlük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "word": "rüçhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "word": "faikiyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereváha",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перева́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výščistʹ",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́щість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "seniority",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "staršynstvó",
      "sense": "the state of being superior",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "старшинство́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "superiority"
}

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