Supremacy
[s(j)uː'preməsɪ] or [su'prɛməsi]
Definition
(n.) The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Domination, predominance, predominancy, lordship, mastership, mastery, sovereignty, supreme authority, upper hand.
Typist: Theodore
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sovereignty, nonsubjection, lordship, autocracy
ANT:Inferiority, subordination, subjection
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Examples
- Yet this supremacy was more apparent than real. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The man's voracious vanity devoured this implied tribute to his local and critical supremacy with an appearance of the highest relish. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Among the fibers employed in rope making that of the hemp plant long held the supremacy, though in recent years it has been largely supplemented by other and stronger fibers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Kublai died in 1294, and with his death even the titular supremacy of the Great Khan disappeared. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For Gerald was in reaction against Charity; and yet he was dominated by it, it assumed supremacy in the inner life, and he could not confute it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- If Britain were driven into war with one confederacy, it would assure the supremacy of the other confederacy, whether they joined in the war or not. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- With a little handful of selected experimenters gathered about him, Edison settled down to one of his characteristic struggles for supremacy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is not to be understood, however, that the great Lick telescope still maintains its supremacy. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And if Terkoz be dead, he will know nothing of my supremacy, while alive he will ever be an example to the other apes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But the religious fermentation of the world did not leave the supremacy of Zoroastrianism undisputed in the Persian Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To his agility, to his brain and to his long keen knife he owed his supremacy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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