sense of superiority

collocation in English

meaningsofsenseandsuperiority

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sense
noun
uk
/sens/us
/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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superiority
noun[U]
uk
/suːˌpɪə.riˈɒr.ə.ti/us
/səˌpɪr.iˈɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the fact that one person or thing is better, stronger, etc. ...
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(Definition ofsenseandsuperiorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsense of superiority

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This he could not bear, for it obliged him to be continually making efforts to preserve his ownsenseofsuperiority.
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A confidentsenseofsuperioritywas also fairly typical.
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None of our schools should remain hothouses of snobbery, where citizens are cultivated and brought up with asenseofsuperiority.
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We must learn to play our parts in it, not in anysenseofsuperiority, but as colleagues of the people involved in the administration of the institutions concerned.
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Any engine-driven vehicle is an example; and the driver who has tens of horse- power under his foot develops asenseofsuperiorityand, to a degree, selfishness.
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It gives a spurioussenseofsuperiorityor advantage to those council tenants who wish to exercise their right to choose their landlord in those circumstances.
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A triumphalist may derive a sense of pride, security, or virtue from theirsenseofsuperiorityand expectation of ultimate triumph.
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The normal person does not have a superiority complex, she or he does not even have asenseofsuperiority.
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His royalty seems to have bestowed upon him an inflatedsenseofsuperiority, holding himself above nearly everyone he encounters.
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The confident bully has a very high opinion of themself and feels asenseofsuperiorityover other students.
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She often does volunteer work, but most likely for asenseofsuperiority.
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A misplacedsenseofsuperiority, sustained by delusions of grandeur and a tenacious obsession with the last war, is much harder to shake off.
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The application of "sic" with intent to disparage has been called the benighted use because it creates a falsesenseofsuperiorityin its users.
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He is surprisingly humble and friendly for a young genius, without even the slightest hint of cockiness orsenseofsuperiority, though he is shown to have a sharp tongue.
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In the patriarchal society of the play, the men's loyalties were governed by conventional codes of honour and camaraderie and asenseofsuperiorityto women.
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Tobacco companies attempted to keep sales up by creating a falsesenseofsuperiorityand switching the blame to make the consumer feel immoral instead of the company.
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