paramountcy
- noun
- /ˈpɛrəmˌaʊntsi/
- Formal
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primacía
- A piece nearly identical to the Houston chair, with a slightly more openwork back, was photographed at the Asante paramountcy of Agogo in the early 1960s.
Examples
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The paramountcy of the federal government was evident as it enforced laws that superseded those of the states.
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42. In cases where there may be overlapping jurisdiction, the federal legislation will prevail where conflict exists under the doctrine of "paramountcy."
Academic text (1992) -
And we did not get a code of ethics until we passed this paramountcy rule and then we had one.
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In such a case, the paramountcy doctrine holds that federal legislation prevails over provincial legislation in cases where each law has a jurisdictional basis and where a conflict between the two pieces of legislation exists.
Academic text (1992) -
Of particular interest to a contemporary understanding of ethnic frictions is that, as the Ottoman Empire eroded and was forced to make concessions to subject populations, it was in Bosnia where the local Muslim landlords were the most reactionary and hostile to any changes that threatened their paramountcy.
Academic text (1997) -
In international relations, the paramountcy of national sovereignty often complicates cooperative agreements.
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The company established its paramountcy in the market by consistently delivering quality products better than its competitors.
Synonyms
127
8.0
A country's right to govern itself without outside control
53
7.1
Being higher than others in power or importance
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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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7.9
Being better than others in an area, like skill or success
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7.5
The time a leader has power over a country
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7.8
To have power or control over others
A ruler's supreme control over other rulers and lands
One thing that is more powerful or common than others
Power to control people or places
Great power or influence that lets someone control others
Having power over other people or groups
A state of being most important in a situation
Antonyms
How Supreme
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Paramountcy comes from paramount, which itself came from old French parts par and amont meaning 'by' and 'above', so it originally meant 'above all'. The ending -cy turns it into the noun for 'the state of being', so paramountcy means being the highest or having supreme authority.