technological superiority

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Technological superiority is the advantage one nation, military, or organization holds over rivals through more advanced technology—especially in warfare, where superior weapons, communications, or intelligence systems can prove decisive.

The term appears frequently in military and geopolitical contexts: The country invested heavily to maintain technological superiority.

It can also describe competitive advantage in industry or commerce.

Opposites
technological advancement level

technological superioritylow-tech

Not electronically complex

pre-industrial · legacy systems · analog

competitive standing

technological superioritytechnology gap

Disparity in technical advancement

trailing edge · also-ran · catching up

source of power/advantage

technological superioritybrute strength

Unrefined physical power

brute force · physical force · attrition warfare · moral superiority · spiritual strength

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G