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κυριαρχία — meaning in English

kyriarchia

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English meaning

  • preponderance noun A greater amount or number of something; the larger part of a group.
  • sovereignty noun Supreme authority, especially the power of a nation to govern itself without outside control.
  • supremacy noun The state of having power or authority over all others.

Senses

κυριαρχία is used for these senses in English:

  • preponderance Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
  • sovereignty (by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
  • supremacy The quality of being supreme.

preponderance — full definition

  1. noun A greater amount or number of something; the larger part of a group.
  2. noun A greater degree of power, influence or importance than anything else involved.
  3. noun The state of weighing more than something else.
  4. noun The extra weight at the back of a cannon, behind its pivot points, compared with the front.
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