superiority

noun

1. The quality of being exceptionally good of its kind: excellence, fineness, superbness. See good/bad.
2. A dominating position, as in a conflict: advantage, better¹, bulge, draw, drop, edge, upper hand, vantage. Informal inside track, jump. See over/under.
3. The quality of being arrogant: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, lordliness, overbearingness, presumption, pride, pridefulness, proudness, superciliousness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: the quality of being superior
  Synonym: high quality
  Antonym: inferiority (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: the quality of being a competitive advantage
  Synonyms: favorable position, favourable position

Meaning #3: displaying a sense of being better than others

Meaning #4: the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
  Synonyms: transcendence, transcendency

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - overlegenhed, fortrin, flertal

idioms:

• superiority complex    storhedsvanvid

Nederlands (Dutch)
superioriteit

Français (French)
n. - supériorité

idioms:

• superiority complex    complexe de supériorité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Überlegenheit, Überheblichkeit

idioms:

• superiority complex    Überlegenheitsgefühl

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανωτερότητα

idioms:

• superiority complex    (ψυχολ.) πλέγμα/σύμπλεγμα ανωτερότητας

Italiano (Italian)
superiorità, preminenza

idioms:

• superiority complex    complesso di superiorità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - superioridade (f)

idioms:

• superiority complex    complexo de superioridade

Русский (Russian)
старшинство, превосходство, преимущественное право

idioms:

• superiority complex    чувство собственного превосходства

Español (Spanish)
n. - superioridad

idioms:

• superiority complex    complejo de superioridad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - överlägsenhet, övermakt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
优越, 优势, 优等, 上等, 上级

idioms:

• superiority complex    优越感, 自傲心理

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 優越, 優勢, 優等, 上等, 上級

idioms:

• superiority complex    優越感, 自傲心理

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 우월, 우세, 우위

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 優れていること, 優勢, 上位, 高慢

idioms:

• superiority complex    優越感

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تفوق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עליונות, עדיפות‬

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