supremacy

noun
/suˈpɹɛməsi/

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from suprême
  2. derived from suprēmus
  3. derived from suppreme
  4. inherited from suppreme
  5. formed as supremacy — “supreme + -acy

Definitions

  1. The quality of being supreme.

  2. Power over all others.

  3. The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power…

    The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.

    • white supremacy
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA