primacy
State of dominance
Primacy is the state of being first in rank, importance, or authority.
The primacy of the Catholic Church refers to papal supremacy.
In broader use, primacy simply means preeminence: the primacy of reason over emotion, the primacy of shareholder value.
In psychology, the primacy effect describes how we remember earlier items in a sequence better than later ones.
Highest rank or power
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- dominionAuthority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
control · authority · power · command · mastery · rule · predominance · influence
Of supreme significance
- foremostHighest in importance
- chiefTop-ranking leader
- centralIn the middle, primary
- cardinalOf foremost importance
principal · main · leading · key · fundamental · essential · preeminent · top
Superior rank or importance
- first placeWinning position
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- seniorityRank from length of service
- prerogativeExclusive right of office
right of way · anteriority · antecedence · pole position · front rank · top billing · preferential treatment · first dibs
supremacy
Highest rank or power
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- dominionAuthority to rule
sovereignty · control · authority · power · command · mastery · rule · predominance · influence · sway
paramount
Of supreme significance
cardinal · principal · main · leading · key · fundamental · essential · preeminent · top · crucial
precedence
Superior rank or importance
- first placeWinning position
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- seniorityRank from length of service
prerogative · right of way · anteriority · antecedence · pole position · front rank · top billing · preferential treatment · first dibs · head start
archbishop
Senior prelate over province
- popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
- metropolitanOf a major city
- seePerceive with eyes
diocese · prelate · apostolic · episcopal · pontiff · bishopric · cardinal · patriarchate · Vatican · Holy See
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- dominancedominance, dominant, supremacy, superiority, ascendancy
- excellenceexcellence, greatness, superior, perfection, premium
- importanceimportance, significance, consequence, weight, gravity
- Power & Dominancedominate, rule, command, conquer, control
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
primacysubordination
Lower position in hierarchy
inferiority · secondariness · subservience · last place · lowliness
primacyinsignificance
Lack of consequence or weight
unimportance · obscurity · powerlessness · irrelevance · triviality
- primary colorsUnmixable base pigments
- primary schoolEarly childhood education institution
- primal screamsTherapeutic howls releasing trauma
- primal fearInnate, ancient terror
- primary caregiverMain person providing care
- primary careFirst-line medical services
primary, primarily, primal, primate, primates, primarying, primatologist, primatology