supremacy

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/suˈpɹɛməsi/

noun

The quality of being supreme.

“white supremacy”

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

nounsupremacy (usually uncountable, plural supremacies)

plural supremacies

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality of being supreme.
  2. uncountableusuallyPower over all others.
  3. 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
  4. in compoundsuncountableusuallyA state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpower to dominate or defeat

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
APA

supremacy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supremacy

MLA

“supremacy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supremacy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supremacy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supremacy.

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