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# Superior function
- URL: https://www.descentpress.com/index/superior-function/
- Published: 2026-09-05T04:40:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-10T02:36:59.000Z
- Description: Superior function is Sharp’s synonym redirect to primary-function (most differentiated function). Compare inferior-function.
- Author: Jae Botávn
- Tags: #index, #Import 2026-09-04 23:45

## 1\. Etymology

**Superior function** is Sharp’s synonym redirect to **[primary-function](https://www.descentpress.com/index/primary-function/)** (most differentiated function). Compare [inferior-function](https://www.descentpress.com/index/inferior-function/).

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## 2\. Plain summary

**Examples (exhaustive house list for this Index lemma — common superior-function motifs named across Jung’s essays and standard Jungian lexica; not a claim that Jung’s CW contains only these):**  
Sharp redirect → primary function; synonym path; dual-prefer primary-function / IF.

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## 3\. Academic elucidation

Hub entry. Authority: [primary-function](https://www.descentpress.com/index/primary-function/). No new superior-function leaf stamps this pass.

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## 4\. Lexicon

**Sharp (1991)**

> Superior function. See primary function.

(Sharp, 1991)

**Samuels, Shorter & Plaut (1986)** — via typology / primary:

> (no dedicated head) — dual via [primary-function](https://www.descentpress.com/index/primary-function/) / [typology](https://www.descentpress.com/index/typology/).

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## 5\. CW concordance — sample, not exhaustive

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**See also:** [primary-function](https://www.descentpress.com/index/primary-function/); [inferior-function](https://www.descentpress.com/index/inferior-function/); [typology](https://www.descentpress.com/index/typology/); [supraordinate-personality](https://www.descentpress.com/index/supraordinate-personality/); [symbiosis](https://www.descentpress.com/index/symbiosis/).

## References

Samuels, A., Shorter, B., & Plaut, F. (1986). *A critical dictionary of Jungian analysis*. Routledge.

Sharp, D. (1991). *Jung lexicon: A primer of terms & concepts*. Inner City Books.

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