supremacy
The quality of being supremeThe quality of being supreme.
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» Layla joined a white-supremacy group.
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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?
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
(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.
- power to dominate or defeat
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
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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