supremacy
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7.1
- noun
- /səˈprɛməsi/
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supremacía
- Well, under the Supremacy Clause, the state of Texas must abide by the Supreme Court's decision.
- white supremacy
- military supremacy
- air supremacy
Sparta is the leader of the other states that don't like Athenian supremacy.
- Sparta is the leader of the other states that don't like Athenian supremacy.
- And that state of the world is what we call white supremacy.
- I see some people, you know, Indian supremacy.
- I mean, it's billboards, like billboards, like white fucking supremacy billboards.
- So there was a never ending battle for supremacy, a hierarchy in an all all man environment.
- It's only a creation of a manic manifestation of racial supremacy.
- It was a place to have explosions, to seemingly recapture American supremacy.
- They saying white, they saying this fight without white folks becomes black supremacy.
- America's isn't really America's power in the world is based on its economic supremacy.
Examples
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Especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a widespread sense that American supremacy would last.
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He envisioned a steamer so grand in scale and so luxurious in its appointments that its supremacy would never be challenged.
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And once he had the royal supremacy, Henry found that he rather liked it.
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Question the supremacy of the individual.
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Perhaps there are such situations, but the most interesting challenges to civil supremacy lie elsewhere.
Academic text (1992) -
Such a principle is limited by the parliamentary supremacy in the South African legal system.
Academic text (1990) -
The principle of civil supremacy over the military is an important principle of American constitutional government.
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In spite of the great losses, the Franciscans still managed to maintain their supremacy for some time.
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He's caught in a battle for supremacy between two rival politicians.
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After years of competition, the company finally achieved supremacy in the tech market.
Synonyms
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8.0
A country's right to govern itself without outside control
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4.7
To have power or control over other people
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5.1
Power and control over other people or groups
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9.5
Power of one country or group over others
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8.0
A state of being more important than other things or people
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8.2
A position of power over other people or groups
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5.6
Power that lets someone control people and places
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7.9
Being better than others in an area, like skill or success
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4.4
A position of respect and importance in society or at work
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7.5
The time a leader has power over a country
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9.9
A quality of being too much or of being better than others
Supreme power held by a ruler or state
The state of having the highest power or importance
One thing that is more powerful or common than others
A relation where one thing belongs to a higher class than another
A ruler's supreme control over other rulers and lands
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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9.0
The belief that white people are better than people of other races and should control society
- Offensive
The belief that people of one race are better than people of other races
How Dominant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word supremacy comes from Latin super 'above' and supremus 'highest', the same root you see in super and supreme. So, supremacy is being 'above' others in power or status.