noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ absolute , overwhelming
▪ effortless
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Driving the Jaguar gave him a feeling of effortless ~.
▪ inherent , innate , natural
▪ biological , cultural , intellectual , moral , numerical , physical , racial , social , technical , technological
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a discredited ideology of racial ~
▪ male , white
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his air of male ~
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an ideology of white ~
▪ air , military , naval
VERB + SUPERIORITY
▪ achieve , establish
▪
the enemy's attempts to establish air ~
▪ enjoy , have
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For a long time France enjoyed overwhelming ~ in this field.
▪ confirm , convince sb of , demonstrate , prove , show , underline ( esp. BrE )
▪ maintain
▪ assert , assume , claim , imply
▪
The use of the words ‘modern’ and ‘old’ is not meant to imply the ~ of one over the other.
▪ acknowledge
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Their team has had to acknowledge Australia's ~ in recent years.
SUPERIORITY + NOUN
▪ complex
▪
the perception that they have a ~ complex
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
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We should make use of our ~ in numbers.
▪ ~ over
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the company's clear technological ~ over its rivals
▪ ~ to
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The settlers remained convinced of their ~ to the native population.
PHRASES
▪ an air of ~
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He spoke with an air of ~.
▪ a feeling of ~ , a sense of ~