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n. - A word that is more generic than a given word; One of greater rank or station or quality adj. - Of higher rank or status or value.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Noun : "Child" is the superordinate of "girl" and "boy."
  • One thing the couples in these good marriages have in common is a vision of the marriage as a "superordinate" entity -- something that is separate from and larger than...
  • It became my superordinate goal to read every word that London had written.
  • Basically the superordinate power of the state and states in lives of „citizens.
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