English Explanatory Dictionary

supremacy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being supreme.
  2. Power over all others.
  3. The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.
  4. A state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society.

Pronunciation

/suˈpɹɛməsi/ en-us-supremacy.ogg

Word forms

supremacy supremacies

Etymology

From supreme + -acy (a variant of -cy). Compare with supremity and New Latin suprematia.

Derived words

air supremacy black supremacy cissupremacy heterosupremacy papal supremacy quantum supremacy straight supremacy supremacism white supremacy woke supremacy supremacist
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