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ultimacy

[uhl-tuh-muh-see]

ul·ti·ma·cy

[uhl-tuh-muh-see]
noun, plural -cies.
1.
the state or quality of being ultimate.
2.
a basic or fundamental quality: to question the ultimacies of one's religious beliefs.

Origin:
1835–45; ultim(ate) + -acy
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ultimacy

noun
the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance, "the ultimacy of these social values" 
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