paramountcy

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paramountcy

  • /ˈpaɹəmaʊn(t)si/ UK

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From paramount + -cy.

noun 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.

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@misc{paramountcy_2026,
  title = {paramountcy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paramountcy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}