WHITE SUPREMACY Definition & Meaning

white supremacy

[ hwahyt suh-prem-uh-see, wahyt ]

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noun

the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial and ethnic groups, especially Black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.

White supremacy

noun

the theory or belief that White people are innately superior to people of other races

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Derived Forms

White supremacist, nounadjective

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Other �y��vlog Forms

white su·prem·a·cist noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of white supremacy¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

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Our government right now is a death cough of white supremacy.”

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I have a chunk in there about making fun of the idea of white supremacy.

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"They're just making these anti-immigrant decisions to scare people, to shock people, to implement white supremacy, Project 2025, whatever you want to call it," she told Salon in a phone interview.

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But it's also an extension of a larger far-right effort to rewrite history to romanticize white supremacy and create a false story to justify Christian theocracy.

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The court has previously heard Rhianan downloaded bomb manuals, guides on guerrilla warfare and media glorifying white supremacy and Nazism.

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