Synonyms for primacy
ˈpraɪ mə sipri·ma·cy

Princeton's WordNet

1. primacynoun

   the state of being first in importance

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1. primacynoun

   Synonyms:
   primateship

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1. List of paraphrases for "primacy":

   supremacy, precedence, rule, pre-eminence, primate, priority, predominance, superiority, paramountcy

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1. Charles Crawford:

   What might bring the EU to an end? It won't be a meeting of EU member states, saying let's end this. But what might start its collapse is some states saying, we don't really accept the primacy of EU law anymore, once nation states start challenging the legal order, that is desperately serious for the EU.

2. Hubert Segain:

   Before Florange, a board's hands were tied in the event of a bid and all powers were centralized in the hands of shareholders, this was the opposite of the Delaware principle, which gives primacy to the boards of quoted companies in the United States.

3. Pope Francis:

   It is also painful to see that the struggle against hunger and malnutrition is hindered by market priorities, the primacy of profit, which have reduced foodstuffs to a commodity like any other, subject to speculation, also of a financial nature, The hungry remain, at the street corner, and ask to be recognized as citizens, to receive a healthy diet. We ask for dignity, not for charity.

4. The Minority Affairs Minister Naqvi:

   Covid-19 does not see race, religion, colour, caste, creed, language or border before striking, our response and conduct thereafter should attach primacy to unity and brotherhood. We are in this together.

5. Nadine Gordimer:

   The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars.