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great replacement

great replacement is the alternative letter-case form of Great Replacement.

Proper noun capitalized: Great Replacement

the Great Replacement

  1. A white nationalist conspiracy theory claiming the gradual demographic and cultural replacement of white European populations, by non-European peoples, who are deliberately assisted by elites.
    • Echoing the man accused of fatally shooting dozens of people at two mosques in New Zealand in March, the El Paso gunman’s manifesto mentioned the “great replacement,” a conspiracy theory that warns of white genocide.2019 August 6, Lauretta Charlton, “What Is the Great Replacement?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2020
    • The opponents of the ‘Great Replacement’ have to be ‘united to form a common front on a pan-European level’, since the battle stands between ‘replacists’ and ‘non-replacists’ only (43–44).2021, Andreas Önnerfors, André Krouwel, editors, Europe: Continent of Conspiracies, London: Routledge, →ISBN

Forms of great replacement

alternative formgreat replacement

Origin of great replacement

Calque of French Grand Remplacement. Coined by French novelist, conspiracy theorist and writer Renaud Camus in 2010.

Questions about great replacement

What does great replacement mean?
Great replacement means a white nationalist conspiracy theory claiming the gradual demographic and cultural replacement of white European populations, by non-European peoples, who are deliberately assisted by elites.
What is great replacement the alternative letter-case form of?
Great replacement is the alternative letter-case form of Great Replacement.
What part of speech is great replacement?
Great replacement is a proper noun.

Words near great replacement in the dictionary

  1. Great Recession
  2. Great Red Dragon
  3. Great Red Spot
  4. great reed warbler
  5. great reed warblers
  6. great replacement
  7. great replacement theory
  8. great reset
  9. Great Reshuffle
  10. Great Resignation
  11. great rhododendron

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