Meanings
plural supremacies
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being supreme.
- uncountableusuallyPower over all others.
- in compoundsuncountableusuallyThe ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.
white supremacy
1 more example
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.
2004, Andrew Michael Manis, Macon Black and White: An Unutterable Separation in the American Century, Mercer University Press, →ISBN, page 139
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From supreme + -acy (a variant of -cy). Compare with supremity and New Latin suprematia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَفَوُّق
- تَفَوُّق (tafawwuq)quality of being supreme
Bulgarian върховенство, господство
- върховенство (vărhovenstvo)quality of being supreme
- господство (gospodstvo)quality of being supreme
- госпо́дство (gospódstvo)authority over all others
Catalan supremacia
- supremaciaquality of being supreme
Chinese Mandarin 霸權 /霸权
- 霸權 /霸权 (bàquán)quality of being supreme
Czech nadvláda
- nadvládaauthority over all others
Dutch suprematie
- suprematiequality of being supreme
Finnish ylemmyys, ylivertaisuus
- ylemmyysquality of being supreme
- ylivertaisuusquality of being supreme
- ylemmyysauthority over all others
- ylivaltaauthority over all others
French suprématie
- suprématiequality of being supreme
German Vorherrschaft
- Vorherrschaftquality of being supreme
Greek υπεροχή, κύρος
- υπεροχή (yperochí)quality of being supreme
- κύρος (kýros)quality of being supreme
- κυριαρχία (kyriarchía)quality of being supreme
Indonesian supremasi, supremasi
- supremasiquality of being supreme
- supremasiauthority over all others
Irish ardréim, ardcheannas
- ardréimquality of being supreme
- ardcheannasauthority over all others
- ceannasauthority over all others
Italian supremazia
- supremaziaquality of being supreme
Japanese 覇権
- 覇権 (haken)quality of being supreme
Korean 패권
- 패권 (paegwon)quality of being supreme
Polish supremacja, przewaga
- supremacjaquality of being supreme
- przewagaquality of being supreme
- supremacjaauthority over all others
- zwierzchnictwoauthority over all others
Portuguese supremacia, supremacia
- supremaciaquality of being supreme
- supremaciaauthority over all others
Romanian supremație
- supremațiequality of being supreme
Russian превосхо́дство, госпо́дство
- превосхо́дство (prevosxódstvo)quality of being supreme
- госпо́дство (gospódstvo)quality of being supreme
- превосхо́дство (prevosxódstvo)authority over all others
- верхове́нство (verxovénstvo)authority over all others
- госпо́дство (gospódstvo)authority over all others
Slovak nadvláda
- nadvládaauthority over all others
Spanish supremacía, supremacía
- supremacíaquality of being supreme
- supremacíaauthority over all others
Swedish överhöghet, överlägsenhet
- överhöghetquality of being supreme
- överlägsenhetquality of being supreme
- herraväldeauthority over all others
- övermaktauthority over all others
Turkish üstünlük, rüçhan
- üstünlükquality of being supreme
- rüçhanquality of being supreme
Ukrainian перева́га, зве́рхність
- перева́га (pereváha)quality of being supreme
- зве́рхність (zvérxnistʹ)quality of being supreme
- ви́щість (výščistʹ)quality of being supreme
- панува́ння (panuvánnja)quality of being supreme
- зве́рхність (zvérxnistʹ)authority over all others
- панува́ння (panuvánnja)authority over all others
Vietnamese bá quyền
- bá quyềnquality of being supreme
Cite this entry
supremacy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supremacy
“supremacy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supremacy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supremacy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supremacy.
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