supremacy

Definition

The quality of being supreme.

Etymology

From supreme + -acy (a variant of -cy). Compare with supremity and New Latin suprematia.

Example Sentences

• "white supremacy"
• "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."