Supremacy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /suˈpɹɛməsi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Supremacy is a noun meaning The quality of being supreme.
Meaning
The quality of being supreme.
More Meanings
- Power over all others.
- (in combination) The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.
- (in combination) A state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society.
Example Sentences
white supremacy
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.
Word Forms
- supremacies
Synonyms for supremacy
Depending on context, synonyms include domination, mastery.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include domination, mastery, superiority, preeminence, excellence, paramountcy.
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