primacy

Converse of object

• reassert: He would hope to reassert the primacy of plant pathology to which many other disciplines contribute.
• assert: This asserted the primacy of public health over IPR.
• affirm: Following Newman's example we must affirm the primacy of the love of God.
• emphasize: Nor does he provide any support for portrayals of empire in this period which seek to emphasize the primacy of economic motivations.
• threaten: We do not agree that direct elections to the second chamber would threaten the primacy of the House of Commons.
• undermine: However, the system works well enough and doesn't undermine the primacy of the local meetings in our Quaker lives.

Preposition: over

law: In those areas where the EU has powers, EU law once agreed does have primacy over national law.

Adjective modifier

• epistemological: This epistemological primacy of knowledge of what we grasp by our senses is the basis for the primacy of the sensible in our language.
• ontological: Moreover, by positing the ontological primacy of potentiality, Cavendish is proposing a model which accommodates more highly differentiated, multi-dimensional thinking.
• universal: The Archbishop was widely reported, both before and during the visit, as appealing for a universal primacy.

Modifies a noun

effect: Primacy effects may lead to the retention of items coming first in a series.

Noun used with modifier

• police: When police primacy became a pivotal political reality, the seeds were sown for active engagement against those violently opposing the state.
• shareholder: This paper suggests that the AOL Time Warner debacle is a warning to those who would propose greater observance of shareholder primacy.

Preposition: of

• honor: In 1417 the Council of Constance also upheld the primacy of honor of the Church in Britain.
• politics: The assumption here is that the primacy of domestic politics will be the norm.
• law: The House of Lords had simply declared what the law has always been since the primacy of European law was established in 1972.
• state: The Labor emphasis has been on the primacy of the state; The Conservative emphasis on the primacy of the market.
• force: Every time a David meets Goliath there's a twist of fate, Some Form in chaos that defeats The primacy of force.
• language: Now the Latvian government is determined to restore the primacy of the Latvian language.

Preposition: for

investigation: The status of the original agency with primacy for the investigation will have to be reviewed by a review manager.