English
primacist
primacy + -ist
Formed from primacy + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- ‘before, in front’
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Latin prīmus
Latin primas ‘chief bishop, metropolitan, president of a synod’
Medieval Latin primatia ‘office of a church primate’
Old French primacie
English primacy
Today it means
noun One who supports the political primacy or hegemony of a certain power on the world stage.
Sources
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