supremacy
supremacy
Definition
su·prema·cy (-prem′ə sē--)
supremacy
Synonyms
supremacy
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- parliament: He also said that he would consider writing the supremacy of the British parliament into law.
- law: Within these strict confines, the supremacy of European law was arguably defensible.
- race: The first reason is that the Nazi philosophy is based upon the supremacy of the Aryan race.
- rule: He governed Taiwan as a sovereign country, exercising supremacy of rule over the island's domestic and foreign affairs.
Converse of object
- assert: History is littered with the bloody consequences of attempts to assert the supremacy of one race over another.
- uphold: It upholds the supremacy of the constitution and requires that government officials must obey and operate within the framework of the law.
- acknowledge: This may have made some impression on Ragnald as by 920 he was acknowledging the supremacy of Edward.
- establish: The purpose of the war was to use force to establish the supremacy of our values.
- challenge: The large industrial towns of the north were finally challenging the supremacy of London.
- maintain: Brazil have made sure to maintain that supremacy in the last decade, having played in the last three World Cup finals.
Preposition: at
- sea: During this time he built up England's fleet with the objective of challenging Spanish supremacy at sea.
Adjective modifier
- papal: Papal supremacy is the special characteristic of the Western Church.
- naval: Naval supremacy was the foundation, two victories driving the French from the seas in 1759.
- legislative: Thus the legislative supremacy of the crown was established in all matters save doctrine.
- royal: The deeds of darkness then perpetrated arose out of that doctrine of the royal supremacy.
- ecclesiastical: And ecclesiastical supremacy was the bondage from which those brave and noble men delivered us.
- parliamentary: He added, " In such exceptional cases the rule of law may trump parliamentary supremacy.
Noun used with modifier
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