supremacy
English
Etymology
From supreme + -acy (a variant of -cy). Compare with supremity and New Latin suprematia.
Noun
supremacy (usually uncountable, plural supremacies)
- The quality of being supreme.
- Power over all others.
- (in combination) The ideology that the specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.
- white supremacy
- black supremacy
Derived terms
Descendants
- → French: suprématie
- → Portuguese: supremacia
- → Romanian: supremație
- → Spanish: supremacía
- → Galician: supremacía
Derived terms
Translations
quality of being supreme
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authority over all others
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References
- “supremacy”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.