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Not about being first — about being first in line when memory hands out gold medals.
means The state of being most important, first in rank, or taking precedence over everything else.
from From Latin 'primus' meaning 'first' — the same root that gives us 'prime,' 'primary,' and 'premier.' It traveled through French 'primauté' before settling into English, keeping its core sense intact the whole way: whatever has primacy stands at the front of the line, outranking all rivals.
- serial position
- first items in a list get remembered best
- pairs with recency
- last items also stick, middle ones vanish
- first impressions
- early info anchors judgment more than later evidence