Excellence and Status

Excellence

Excellence noun - Exceptionally high quality.

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Status and excellence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Status" instead a noun "Excellence".

Status noun - Position with regard to conditions and circumstances.

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Excellence and status are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excellence" instead a noun "Status".

Nearby Word: state

human	human excellence	human status
high	high excellence	high status
physical	physical excellence	physical status
normal	normal excellence	normal status
Other adjectives: ensemble, future, original, actual, lower, supposed, personal, new, mental.

This can also apply to Draco Malfoy, but regarding Harry—and at first not regarding magical power, but regarding potential social status, which the Malfoy family tradition dictated should be used for putting others down to highlight one's own supposed excellence.

Source: You Could Have Used Your Powers for Good
The basic idea is that if you're the best at something — often (though not always) at something bad (stealing/fighting/killing/infiltrating/assassinating) — this status of excellence by itself exposes you to a range of perils.

Source: The Perils of Being the Best

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