superiority
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Excessive laughter, he noted, can come from a feeling of superiority, nervousness in uncomfortable moments or peer pressure when others are laughing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
There was a perceived superiority of the British Home Championship, fallouts over player payments, and a reluctance to play other European teams following the First World War.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Cold War military doctrine restrained the U.S. from taking advantage of its military superiority.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The mission was the second of the Artemis program, which aims to put humans back on the moon for the first time since the 1970s and prove the U.S.’s space superiority over rivals, namely China.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
We played the same sports and the same positions in those sports—at times, a test of our friendship in a way that his superiority in shop class was not.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Vocabulary lists containing superiority
Power Prefix: super-
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