his sense of superioritysuperioritysu‧per‧i‧or‧i‧ty /suːˌpɪəriˈɒrəti $ sʊˌpɪriˈɔː-, -ˈɑː-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
the supposed superiority of the male sexsuperiority over the intellectual superiority of humans over other animalssuperiority in US superiority in air power2an attitude that shows you think you are better than other people – used to show disapproval: Janet always spoke with an air of superiority. his sense of superiority
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- In other words, Schott gives smart folks the air of superiority they paid all that college tuition to obtain.
- It dramatized the superiority of ironclad warships over wooden ones.
- Machismo is an exaggerated cult of virility which expresses itself in male assertions of superiority over females, and competition between men.
- The superiority of the Macintosh system would win converts.
- The feeling of inferiority is defensively turned into a feeling of superiority.
- The symbols had a tinge of feminine superiority, an aura of vast power that was taken for granted.
- Thirdly in the eyes of the regime, victory demonstrates the superiority of Marxist ethics over the bourgeois variety.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY his sense of superiorityCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
his sense of superiority (=the idea that you are morally right and other people are not)· He connects high social class with moral superiority.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The revolutionary intelligentsia became fanatically convinced of its own exclusive moral and intellectual superiority.· I at once sensed the physical austerity and the quality of social and intellectual superiority characteristic of the best public schools.· The intellectual form of superiority was the one most accessible to me both at home and at school.· But, we are bound to add, its intellectual superiority is by no means plain.
· Machismo is an exaggerated cult of virility which expresses itself in male assertions of superiority over females, and competition between men.· These dichotomies can be seen as a way of legitimizing both male superiority and the abuse of science.
· Despite the military superiority of the government forces, the rebels continued to hold on to territory in the south.· But none of this would have succeeded without a fourth and crucial ingredient, military superiority.
· Pip now falls into a snobbish habit of connecting high social status with moral superiority.· Underlying this hostility was a profound belief in the ethical and moral superiority of collective welfare provision.· Serving large helpings, I ate nothing myself and my abstinence was only another proof of my moral superiority.· Pleasure will be an adult privilege, a mark of economic power, class status and moral superiority.· In one area, however, she does come into her own, since she has spiritual strength and moral superiority.· Of Canon Wheeler's moral superiority to herself she was unconvinced.· The preservationists, pinning their faith to moral superiority and persuasive argument, were beaten back every time.· Albert has no doubts about the moral and social superiority of the latter.
· With their numerical superiority, they should have shown more enterprise.· Each time, the opponents possessed a numerical superiority in men, frequently a very large one.· It is a story of courage and of improvisation that made a nonsense of the enemy's numerical and material superiority.· The loss of numerical superiority by protestants would result in the collapse of their statelet.
· Swiney proposed that women's racial superiority was evidenced both by their physical and mental capabilities and in their internal cellular composition.· The Holocaust shows what happened when the Western doctrine of racial superiority was taken to its ultimate extreme.· I believe that the major discontinuity lies in the discursive forms through which positions of racial superiority are constructed.· One of these beliefs may be racial superiority, but does not have to be.
· I at once sensed the physical austerity and the quality of social and intellectual superiority characteristic of the best public schools.· It is not my experience that dominant males have ever had too much difficulty accepting their social superiority.· Albert has no doubts about the moral and social superiority of the latter.· Coercive reform is associated with groups that feel threatened, with groups that feel their social superiority is being challenged or diminished.
· Two of the attacking aircraft were destroyed in an engagement which underlined the technological superiority of the allied weapons systems.· The United States overestimated its technological superiority and underestimated the nationalist passion of its enemy.
NOUN· A big effort was mounted against airfields, radars and anti-aircraft batteries in an attempt to gain air superiority.· How were those Independent Companies to operate from a ship as their base if the enemy had air superiority?· Last year we were reminded of those epic days when Fighter Command denied the Luftwaffe air superiority in the skies over Britain.· Furthermore, the need to win air superiority over the battlefield was as vital as ever.
VERB· The new pope did not share the general goodwill towards Frederick, and wanted to assert the superiority of pope over emperor.· There, Arazi asserted his superiority, prompting Corals to quote him 4-1 to complete the Kentucky-Epsom Derby double.
· Thirdly in the eyes of the regime, victory demonstrates the superiority of Marxist ethics over the bourgeois variety.
· He held his portable telephone like a shield, it proved his power and superiority.· They proved their superiority every day by handling risk better than the rest of the risk-taking world.· Western propaganda continued to embarrass the Communists by loudly proclaiming that the flow of refugees proved the superiority of capitalism.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1the quality of being better, more skilful, more powerful etc than other people or things OPP inferioritysuperiority of- And the revolution in the structure of services and management meant elderly frail people found it increasingly difficult to assert their rights.
- Athens asserted her rights over her citizens temporarily exiled, as she did over those at home and liable for service.
- But she sought not so much to break a taboo as to assert her independence from the male yoke.
- Mrs Armitage's heir is already asserting his rights in the matter but that is not my concern.
- Power gives us the ability to control, to choose and to assert our independence.
- Stickers are available throughout the county to help squeezed out pedestrians assert their rights.
- You need to be selective and judge when it is appropriate to assert your rights.
the supposed superiority of the male sexsuperiority over the intellectual superiority of humans over other animalssuperiority in US superiority in air power2an attitude that shows you think you are better than other people – used to show disapproval: Janet always spoke with an air of superiority. his sense of superiority