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SUPREMACY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Power to dominate or defeat
Example:
mastery of the seas
Synonyms:
domination; mastery; supremacy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("supremacy" is a kind of...):
ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; ascendency; control; dominance (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supremacy"):
superiority; transcendence; transcendency (the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits)
Derivation:
supremacist (a person who advocates the supremacy of some particular group or racial group over all others)
