Supremacy
noun
The state of being the most powerful or superior.
Often appears as...
- assert supremacy
- challenge supremacy
noun
The possession of power or control over others.
His victory in the election confirmed his political supremacy.
Often appears as...
- political supremacy
- military supremacy
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Political
noun
The state of being superior to others in a particular area or field.
The team's supremacy in the league is unchallenged.
Often appears as...
- sports supremacy
- technological supremacy
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Sports
noun
The state of being the most powerful or superior.
Often appears as...
- assert supremacy
- challenge supremacy
noun
The possession of power or control over others.
His victory in the election confirmed his political supremacy.
Often appears as...
- political supremacy
- military supremacy
Usage tips
Political
noun
The state of being superior to others in a particular area or field.
The team's supremacy in the league is unchallenged.
Often appears as...
- sports supremacy
- technological supremacy
Usage tips
Sports
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Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Used to express control in hierarchical settings; often implies conflict for top position.
Two tech giants are in a race to assert their supremacy in the smart home market.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Absolute
Supremacy can be challenged and is not permanent; suggests a position that can be contested.
The reigning chess champion faced a young prodigy determined to challenge his supremacy.
Pro Tip 3/3Establishing Control
Can indicate the process of gaining the highest status, not just the status itself.
Through innovative strategies, the company sought to establish supremacy in the global market.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Used to express control in hierarchical settings; often implies conflict for top position.
Two tech giants are in a race to assert their supremacy in the smart home market.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Absolute
Supremacy can be challenged and is not permanent; suggests a position that can be contested.
The reigning chess champion faced a young prodigy determined to challenge his supremacy.
Pro Tip 3/3Establishing Control
Can indicate the process of gaining the highest status, not just the status itself.
Through innovative strategies, the company sought to establish supremacy in the global market.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Used to express control in hierarchical settings; often implies conflict for top position.
Two tech giants are in a race to assert their supremacy in the smart home market.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Absolute
Supremacy can be challenged and is not permanent; suggests a position that can be contested.
The reigning chess champion faced a young prodigy determined to challenge his supremacy.
Pro Tip 3/3Establishing Control
Can indicate the process of gaining the highest status, not just the status itself.
Through innovative strategies, the company sought to establish supremacy in the global market.
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The political power of...
we understand that the things we're seeing in our world are by design. And I think that task for us, as TEDsters, and as good people, just people, moral people, is really do the hard work necessary of not just joining hands as neighbors, but using our hands to restructure our road, a road that in this country has been rooted in things like white supremacy.
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The urgent need for...
narrative of racial difference that we created to legitimated it's the ideology of white supremacy that we made up to make ourselves feel comfortable with enslaving people who are black and we never address that that legacy we have in the 13th amendment language that prohibits involuntary servitude in
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How to deconstruct...
I want to live in that world of everybody rich now, but because of his poor choice, we are all in a poorer world. Doesn't have to be this way. This word game reminded me that there is a structure to white supremacy, as there is to misogyny, as there is to all systemic abuses of power.
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R. Alan Brooks: When the...
that was under the shadow of white supremacy and run by Black people who in many ways were taught to hate themselves. The generation that raised me was still familiar with lynchings. So in order to not be murdered by racists, some of the Black people in the generation before me
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The path to ending...
that may sometimes say that he said something that was wrong, but then allow for -- but support his platform in other ways. You know, true co-conspiracy in the effort to dismantle white supremacy and white nationalism is not a thing that people can do on vacation.
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Inside the bizarre world...
to march with torches in the name of the white race. She'd gone, in a few months, from Obama supporter to fully radicalized white supremacist. Now, in her particular case, she actually was able to find her way out of the cult of white supremacy.
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Sarah Kurnick: "Aliens...
Should these monuments be left as they are, destroyed or put in museums and what should happen to the protestors who deface these monuments? Should they be praised for helping debunk myths of white supremacy?
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Dinosaur Supremacy PIPE...
reptile for supremacy of this strange world on these Triassic proving grounds dinosaurs are still comparatively rare but they are beginning to show the first signs of their future success
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How Pharaohs Projected...
The huge sculpture protects the necropolis. A giant symbol of supremacy believed by many to have the face of Khufu's son, Khafre, owner of Giza's second largest pyramid.
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The Maya myth of the...
as they battled for supremacy, re-enacting the same five struggles, while the world alternated between order and chaos with the rising of the Morning Star.
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The political power of...
we understand that the things we're seeing in our world are by design. And I think that task for us, as TEDsters, and as good people, just people, moral people, is really do the hard work necessary of not just joining hands as neighbors, but using our hands to restructure our road, a road that in this country has been rooted in things like white supremacy.
Video examples
The urgent need for...
narrative of racial difference that we created to legitimated it's the ideology of white supremacy that we made up to make ourselves feel comfortable with enslaving people who are black and we never address that that legacy we have in the 13th amendment language that prohibits involuntary servitude in
Video examples
How to deconstruct...
I want to live in that world of everybody rich now, but because of his poor choice, we are all in a poorer world. Doesn't have to be this way. This word game reminded me that there is a structure to white supremacy, as there is to misogyny, as there is to all systemic abuses of power.
Video examples
R. Alan Brooks: When the...
that was under the shadow of white supremacy and run by Black people who in many ways were taught to hate themselves. The generation that raised me was still familiar with lynchings. So in order to not be murdered by racists, some of the Black people in the generation before me
Video examples
The path to ending...
that may sometimes say that he said something that was wrong, but then allow for -- but support his platform in other ways. You know, true co-conspiracy in the effort to dismantle white supremacy and white nationalism is not a thing that people can do on vacation.
Video examples
Inside the bizarre world...
to march with torches in the name of the white race. She'd gone, in a few months, from Obama supporter to fully radicalized white supremacist. Now, in her particular case, she actually was able to find her way out of the cult of white supremacy.
Video examples
Sarah Kurnick: "Aliens...
Should these monuments be left as they are, destroyed or put in museums and what should happen to the protestors who deface these monuments? Should they be praised for helping debunk myths of white supremacy?
Video examples
Dinosaur Supremacy PIPE...
reptile for supremacy of this strange world on these Triassic proving grounds dinosaurs are still comparatively rare but they are beginning to show the first signs of their future success
Video examples
How Pharaohs Projected...
The huge sculpture protects the necropolis. A giant symbol of supremacy believed by many to have the face of Khufu's son, Khafre, owner of Giza's second largest pyramid.
Video examples
The Maya myth of the...
as they battled for supremacy, re-enacting the same five struggles, while the world alternated between order and chaos with the rising of the Morning Star.
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Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
There are many individuals, companies and even countries operating in what I call a 'me first' mentality, which is effectively a purely competitive approach to life, treating the planet as if it has infinite resources and pitting one country against another for supremacy.
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Jackie Robinson
American Baseball Player
A new breed of Republicans has taken over the GOP. It is a new breed which is seeking to sell to Americans a doctrine which is as old as mankind - the doctrine of racial division, the doctrine of racial prejudice, the doctrine of white supremacy.
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Ahmet Necdet Sezner
We shouldn't waste any more time in making sure that democracy is properly rooted in our political life and the supremacy of the law becomes an integral part of our state's structure.
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Alicia Garza
American Activist
As you keep pulling back the layers of how deeply rooted anti-blackness and white supremacy are in this country, it is exhausting, and it is traumatizing.
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Winfield Scott Hancock
American Soldier
My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.
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Brett Gelman
American Actor
We live in a country whose government and many of its people support white supremacy and disintegration of basic human rights.
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Langston Hughes
American Poet
The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.
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Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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Betsy Ross
American Celebrity
Today the American knight holds the commercial supremacy of the world.
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Rachel Dolezal
American Activist
There's no such thing as racial, non-white supremacy.
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Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
There are many individuals, companies and even countries operating in what I call a 'me first' mentality, which is effectively a purely competitive approach to life, treating the planet as if it has infinite resources and pitting one country against another for supremacy.
Quote examples
Jackie Robinson
American Baseball Player
A new breed of Republicans has taken over the GOP. It is a new breed which is seeking to sell to Americans a doctrine which is as old as mankind - the doctrine of racial division, the doctrine of racial prejudice, the doctrine of white supremacy.
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Ahmet Necdet Sezner
We shouldn't waste any more time in making sure that democracy is properly rooted in our political life and the supremacy of the law becomes an integral part of our state's structure.
Quote examples
Alicia Garza
American Activist
As you keep pulling back the layers of how deeply rooted anti-blackness and white supremacy are in this country, it is exhausting, and it is traumatizing.
Quote examples
Winfield Scott Hancock
American Soldier
My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.
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Brett Gelman
American Actor
We live in a country whose government and many of its people support white supremacy and disintegration of basic human rights.
Quote examples
Langston Hughes
American Poet
The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.
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Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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Betsy Ross
American Celebrity
Today the American knight holds the commercial supremacy of the world.
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Rachel Dolezal
American Activist
There's no such thing as racial, non-white supremacy.
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