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Preeminence vs Illustriousness - What's the difference?

preeminence | illustriousness | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between preeminence and illustriousness

is that preeminence is the status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant while illustriousness is the state of being illustrious.

preeminence

English

Alternative forms

* pre-eminence * preëminence

Noun

  • The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
  • High importance; superiority.
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    • , author=Philip E. Mirowski , title=Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits , volume=100, issue=1, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}

    illustriousness

    English

    Noun

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  • the state of being illustrious