superiority

noun
/sʊˌpɪə(ɹ).iˈɒ.ɹɪ.ti/UK

Etymology

From Middle English superiorite, from Old French superiorite, from Medieval Latin superioritas, from Latin superior. Morphologically superior + -ity.

  1. derived from superior
  2. derived from superioritas
  3. derived from superiorite
  4. inherited from superiorite

Definitions

  1. The state of being superior.

    • Many US colleges want to achieve superiority in the sport of football.
    • The fact that in most lands the moon was originally a female deity has led many historians to dispute the superiority of the moon over the sun in ancient mythology.
    • Chelsea will point to that victory margin as confirmation of their superiority - but Spurs will complain their hopes of turning the game around were damaged fatally by Atkinson's decision.
  2. The right which the superior enjoys in the land held by the vassal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at superiority. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at superiority. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at superiority

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA