supremacy
noun
, sü- also -ˈprē-\
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Synonyms for supremacy
Synonyms
ascendance (also ascendence), ascendancy (also ascendency), dominance, domination, dominion, hegemony, imperium, predominance, predominancy, preeminence, reign, sovereignty (also sovranty)
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Perhaps a revenge fantasy against the extreme misogyny of white supremacy was in order? — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, "Column: In the Trump era, can videogames about killing Nazis be just ‘for fun’?," 22 Aug. 2019 Just how the internet fuels hate For years, social media fueled the rise of white supremacy by giving young white males places to freely spew hate. — Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY, "An Area 51 emergency?," 21 Aug. 2019 The idea of watching the champion of white supremacy get shot down by a brilliant black debater had great appeal. — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, "When W. E. B. Du Bois Made a Laughingstock of a White Supremacist," 19 Aug. 2019 This is a common theme of white supremacy -- reducing nonwhites to a subhuman level through language. — John Blake, CNN, "Why El Paso and other recent attacks in the US are modern-day lynchings," 17 Aug. 2019 Video games did not inspire the New Zealand shooter to murder 51 people in the name of white supremacy. — Simon Parkin, Time, "No, Video Games Don’t Cause Mass Shootings. But The Conversation Shouldn’t End There," 8 Aug. 2019 To this, add her confidence in white supremacy, the better to reassert, or maintain, white power in the face of a new, racially diverse social order. — Brenda Wineapple, The New Republic, "Who wrote women out of Civil War history?," 16 Aug. 2019 Right before the shooting began, photos were posted to an Instagram account under Legan’s name that referenced a book associated with white supremacy. — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, "Search of Gilroy gunman’s home finds items suggesting massive attack was planned," 30 July 2019 Nobody was interested in projects about white supremacy. — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Oscar winner's movie, 'Skin,' stars Jamie Bell and confronts white supremacy," 21 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'supremacy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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