I'm looking for a noun that would equate to primariness, but which isn't so clumsy. Something like 'primarity', though it doesn't exist.
"Thing has the quality of …"
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Are you thinking of primality? That's probably not quite what you want, though.– Peter ShorAug 22, 2013 at 13:05
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Not primal, primary– AnonAug 22, 2013 at 13:06
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Please explain the downvote, because if the reason is that you couldn't think of an answer, it's not a good way to say it.– AnonAug 22, 2013 at 13:20
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@Anon If you want others to explain downvotes (& it wasn't mine!), please don't be Anonymous yourself.– TrevorDAug 22, 2013 at 14:11
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Anon, at times a down vote means "I don't know the answer, and that's your fault." ;)– KrisAug 23, 2013 at 7:25
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I think the word you're looking for is primacy
- the fact of being pre-eminent or most important Oxford Dictionaries
- The state of being first or foremost TFD
- the state of being first (as in importance, order, or rank) MW
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1The noun is primacy, like I said. It's defined, in each of those three links, as a noun. Is there something I missed?– UselessAug 23, 2013 at 7:35