supremacy

Meaning

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

Synonyms

superiority

sovereignty

predominance

domination

mastery

power

dominion

ascendancy

supreme power

dominance

authority

preponderance

preeminence

hegemony

lordship

command

sway

rule

greatness

ascendency

control

pre-eminence

primacy

priority

supreme

leadership

headship

mastership

age

maximum

might

odds

oppression

overbalance

glory

forte

predomination

excellence

sole sovereignty

empire

prerogative

supremacism

prevailingness

prominence

raj

reign

eminence

rulership

size

bigness

Translations

suprématie

supremacía

supremazia

Überlegenheit

supremacia

κυριαρχία

Vorherrschaft

υπεροχή

üstünlük

primato

supremacia

egemenlik

suprematie

Souveränität

Pronounced as (IPA)

/suˈpɹɛməsi/

Etymology

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