white supremacist

white supremacist adjective: characterized by white supremacy.

Adjective (1)

white supremacist (comparative more white supremacist, superlative most white supremacist)

Characterized by white supremacy.
- Even a film like Do the Right Thing is a very white supremacist film.2007, Haile Gerima, Why We Make Movies, page 200
- On Starting Point this morning, Southern Poverty Law Center senior fellow Mark Potok discusses the prevalence of white supremacist groups and explains how this type of music is used as a recruitment tool.2012 August 7, “SPLC fellow: ‘I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that [Page] essentially expected to die’”, in CNN

white supremacist (plural white supremacists)

An advocate of white supremacy, a person who believes that the white race is inherently superior to other races and that white people should have control over people of other races.
- Dr. Martin has always been an ardent white supremacist and figured in several movements for the overthrow of negro domination.1898, The Convention of ’98. A Complete Work on the Greatest Political Event in Louisiana’s History, and a Sketch of the Men who Composed it, New Orleans: William E. Myers, page 48
- At the urging of advisers, he then condemned white supremacists and neo-Nazis but almost immediately told aides, “That was the biggest fucking mistake I’ve made” and the “worst speech I’ve ever given,” according to Woodward’s account.2018 September 4, Philip Rucker, Robert Costa, “Bob Woodward’s new book reveals a ‘nervous breakdown’ of Trump’s presidency”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2019

White supremacist (comparative more White supremacist, superlative most White supremacist)

Alternative letter-case form of white supremacist
- In 2017, the SPLC identified 450 White supremacist groups that included 78 racist skinhead, 98 neo-Nazi, 43 neo-confederate, 130 Ku Klu Klan chapters, and 100 White nationalist groups (Eady 2017).2024 December 23, Jane H. Hill, edited by Barbra A. Meek, Christina Leza, Jacqueline H. E. Messing, The Everyday Language of White Racism, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, →ISBN, page 29

White supremacist (plural White supremacists)

Alternative letter-case form of white supremacist
- The protestors saw this removal as an attempt to erase history and also an extreme reaction to another brutally violent act: the actions of [redacted] (b. 1944), the White supremacist who shot and killed Reverend Clementa Pinckney (1973–2015), Tywanza Sanders (1988–2015), Cynthia Hurd (1960–2015)...2021 June 10, Katie Rios, chapter 1, in “This Is America”: Race, Gender, and Politics in America’s Musical Landscape, London: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 22

What does white supremacist mean?: White supremacist means characterized by white supremacy.
What is white supremacist in Hindi?: White supremacist in Hindi is श्वेत वर्चस्ववादी (śvet varcasvavādī). See White supremacist meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is white supremacist?: White supremacist can be an adjective or a noun.

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