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supremacy

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su·prem·a·cy  (s-prm-s)
n. pl. su·prem·a·cies
1. The quality or condition of being supreme.
2. Supreme power or authority.
supremacy
Noun
1. supreme power; dominance
2. the state or quality of being superior
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Noun1.supremacysupremacy - power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"
domination, mastery
transcendence, transcendency, superiority - the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
supremacy
noun domination, dominance, ascendancy, sovereignty, sway, lordship, mastery, dominion, primacy, pre-eminence, predominance, supreme power, absolute rule, paramountcy
Translations
Spanish supremacy [suˈprɛməsɪ] n → supremacía
French supremacy [suˈprɛməsɪ] n → suprématie f
German supremacy [suˈprɛməsɪ] n → Vormachtstellung f
Italian supremacy [suˈprɛməsɪ] n → supremazia
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Hence we perceive that the clause which declares the supremacy of the laws of the Union, like the one we have just before considered, only declares a truth, which flows immediately and necessarily from the institution of a federal government.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
The supremacy of the proletariat will cause them to vanish still faster.
The Communist Manifesto by Marx, Karl & Engles, Frederick View in context
The idea of a national government involves in it, not only an authority over the individual citizens, but an indefinite supremacy over all persons and things, so far as they are objects of lawful government.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
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