supremacy
The quality of being supremeThe quality of being supreme.
» Layla joined a white-supremacy group.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable, usually)The quality of being supreme.
Vorherrschaft
превосхо́дствоprevosxódstvo, госпо́дствоgospódstvo
перева́гаpereváha, зве́рхністьzvérxnistʹ, ви́щістьvýščistʹ
(uncountable, usually)Power over all others.
превосхо́дствоprevosxódstvo, верхове́нствоverxovénstvo, госпо́дствоgospódstvo
зве́рхністьzvérxnistʹ, панува́нняpanuvánnja
power to dominate or defeat
(in compounds, uncountable, usually)The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.
white supremacy
(in compounds, uncountable, usually)A state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society.
Examples
7 sentencesLayla joined a white-supremacy group.
Why does Tom always act personally attacked when white supremacy is mentioned?
Are we not ourselves creating our successors in the supremacy of the earth?
Banning religious symbols in a government that gets days off for several Christian holidays is just Christian supremacy.
The first Ptolemy founded a Macedonian or Greek dynasty that maintained supremacy in Egypt until the year 30 B.C.
Translations
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Origin
From supreme + -acy (a variant of -cy). Compare with supremity and New Latin suprematia.From supreme + -acy (a variant of -cy). Compare with supremity and New Latin suprematia.
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Forms
plural: supremacies| Singular | supremacy |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonyms- power to dominate or defeat:dominationmastery
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable