great replacement
great replacement is the alternative letter-case form of Great Replacement.
Proper noun capitalized: Great Replacement
the Great Replacement
- 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
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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.
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