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paramountcy

UK/ˈpaɹəmaʊn(t)si/

paramountcy noun: the condition or fact of being paramount; precedence, supremacy; (countable) an instance of this.

Noun

paramountcy (countable and uncountable, plural paramountcies)

  1. (uncountable) The condition or fact of being paramount; precedence, supremacy; (countable) an instance of this.
    • [W]e saw this permanence to be true of the general paramountcy of the higher insight, even though in the ebbs of emotional excitement meaner motives might temporarily prevail and backsliding might occur.1902, William James, “Lectures XI, XII, and XIII: Saintliness”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC...
    • Both, they claim, were British spies, sent into Central Asia as part of a grand design for paramountcy there at the expense of Russia, whose influence they aimed to destroy.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 203

paramountcy meaning in Tamil

paramountcy in Tamil

மலதிகாரம்

Forms of paramountcy

pluralparamountcies

Origin of paramountcy

From paramount + -cy.

Questions about paramountcy

What does paramountcy mean?
Paramountcy means the condition or fact of being paramount; precedence, supremacy; (countable) an instance of this.
What is paramountcy in Tamil?
Paramountcy in Tamil is மலதிகாரம். See Paramountcy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is paramountcy?
Paramountcy is a noun.
How do you pronounce paramountcy?
Paramountcy is pronounced /ˈpaɹəmaʊn(t)si/ (UK).
What is the plural of paramountcy?
The plural of paramountcy is paramountcies.

Words near paramountcy in the dictionary

  1. paramount chief
  2. paramount chiefs
  3. paramount title
  4. paramount titles
  5. paramountcies
  6. paramountcy
  7. paramountly
  8. paramountness
  9. paramounts
  10. paramountship
  11. paramour

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paramountcy (page history and authors); paramountcy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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