Synonyms for Primacy
ˈpraɪ mə sipri·ma·cy

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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. Cyril Almeida:

   The state is awkwardly trying to reassert its primacy, but generations now of Pakistanis have been raised with the belief that their version of religion trumps everything else, the blasphemy law is almost incidental to the larger trend of a radicalized society that has slipped out of the control of a weak state.

4. Sam Roggeveen:

   The message is pretty blunt. It dramatically erodes the U.S. military edge is Asia, and over the long-term, America's military primacy in Asia is clearly under threat.

5. Zhang Baohui:

   This is about exposing Washington's declining primacy, china gains reputational power by showing the U.S. that it can't dictate Chinese actions.