paramount
adjective
chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent.
paramountcy
-
a word derived from
paramount.
Example Sentences
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If it signs up to that, to the end of cover-ups, to clarity about the paramountcy of children’s protection, then change might finally be coming.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2019
For the rest, the career of Joseph Chamberlain, like that of Joseph Cowen, has its explanation in the passion for paramountcy.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
Sentiment was foreign to Keith's character, and his justice that of those who subordinate the fates of the weak and shiftless to the needful paramountcy of the strong and well established.
From Five Tales by John Galsworthy
It cannot be claimed that, under the circumstances existing in South Africa, good will result from this tremendous struggle for existence and paramountcy between two white races.
From On the Heels of De Wet by Lionel James
But it is this very paramountcy which the extremists deny to Great Britain.
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
