supremacy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /suˈpɹɛməsi/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From supreme + -acy (a variant of -cy). Compare with supremity and New Latin suprematia.
Meanings
- (uncountable, usually) The quality of being supreme.
- (uncountable, usually) Power over all others.
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(in-compounds, uncountable, usually) The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.
Fighting a war against Hitler's Nazi ideology, with its doctrine of Aryan supremacy and its "final solution" to protect against an "inferior people," accentuated the final irony of an America fighting a racist ideology while trying to keep its own racist ideology intact.
2004, Andrew Michael Manis, Macon Black and White: An Unutterable Separation in the American Century, Mercer University Press, →ISBN, page 139:white supremacy
- (in-compounds, uncountable, usually) A state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| supremacies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
heterosupremacy · air supremacy · quantum supremacy · straight supremacy · black supremacy · supremacist · white supremacy · papal supremacy · woke supremacy · supremacism · cissupremacy
Descendants
Translations (75)
be перава́га (quality of being supreme) · es supremacía (quality of being supreme) · gl supremacía (authority over all others) · uk зве́рхність (quality of being supreme) · vi bá quyền (quality of being supreme) · bg госпо́дство (authority over all others) · fi ylivalta (authority over all others) · ka უპირატესობა (authority over all others) · mk превосходство (quality of being supreme) · ka ბატონობა (quality of being supreme) · be панава́нне (quality of being supreme) · it supremazia (quality of being supreme) · mk надмоќ (authority over all others) · es supremacía (authority over all others) · uk панува́ння (authority over all others) · be панава́ньне (quality of being supreme) · sa क्षत्र (authority over all others) · uk зве́рхність (authority over all others) · nl suprematie (quality of being supreme) · pl supremacja (authority over all others) · ru превосхо́дство (quality of being supreme) · fi ylemmyys (quality of being supreme) · ru верхове́нство (authority over all others) · fr suprématie (quality of being supreme) · fi ylemmyys (authority over all others) · pl zwierzchnictwo (authority over all others) · pt supremacia (authority over all others) · uk панува́ння (quality of being supreme) · sl nadvlada (authority over all others) · sv överlägsenhet (quality of being supreme) · fi ylivertaisuus (quality of being supreme) · ga ardréim (quality of being supreme) · az alilik (authority over all others) · pl przewaga (quality of being supreme) · xag 𐔼𐕀𐕒𐔺𐕒𐕡𐕎 (authority over all others) · ru превосхо́дство (authority over all others) · bg превъзхо́дство (quality of being supreme) · cs nadvláda (authority over all others) · tt өстенлек (quality of being supreme) · mk надмоќ (quality of being supreme) · ru госпо́дство (authority over all others) · uk ви́щість (quality of being supreme) · mk превосходство (authority over all others) · uk перева́га (quality of being supreme) · id supremasi (authority over all others) · el υπεροχή (quality of being supreme) · sv övermakt (authority over all others) · ko 패권 (quality of being supreme) · sk nadvláda (authority over all others) · id supremasi (quality of being supreme) · ka უპირატესობა (quality of being supreme) · pl supremacja (quality of being supreme) · ka ბატონობა (authority over all others) · be панава́нне (authority over all others) · tr rüçhan (quality of being supreme) · gl supremacía (quality of being supreme) · ru госпо́дство (quality of being supreme) · ja 覇権 (quality of being supreme) · pdt Äwahaunt (quality of being supreme) · bg госпо́дство (quality of being supreme) · ca supremacia (quality of being supreme) · tr üstünlük (quality of being supreme) · pt supremacia (quality of being supreme) · el κύρος (quality of being supreme) · ro supremație (quality of being supreme) · el κυριαρχία (quality of being supreme) · xag 𐔼𐕀𐕒𐔺𐕒𐕡𐕎 (quality of being supreme) · sv herravälde (authority over all others) · de Vorherrschaft (quality of being supreme) · sv överhöghet (quality of being supreme) · tt өстенлек (authority over all others) · ar تَفَوُّق (quality of being supreme) · cmn 霸權 /霸权 (quality of being supreme) · ga ardcheannas (authority over all others) · ga ceannas (authority over all others)