superiority
nounA higher level of quality, ability, status, or strength relative to something else.
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Clear all filtersA higher level of quality, ability, status, or strength relative to something else.
Showing an exaggerated sense of one's importance or superiority.
Overconfident of superiority
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Showing a sense of superiority while appearing to be helpful or polite.
A feeling that someone or something is beneath consideration or respect.
Feeling of superiority or contempt
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Raised to a high position or filled with elevated joy.
High in rank
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Very high or elevated; figuratively, ambitious, noble, or expressed with superiority.
Very high
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To reject or reverse a decision through superior authority.
Treating someone with an air of superiority that appears helpful or kind.
A greater amount, number, weight, or influence than the alternatives.
Greater amount or influence
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Making a self-righteous display of moral superiority.
Displaying moral superiority
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Convinced of one's own moral superiority, often intolerantly.
Excessively pleased or satisfied with oneself.
Excessively self-satisfied
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A position of highest authority, power, or dominance.
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