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white supremacy

Syllables: white su·prem·a·cy

white supremacy noun: the ideology which holds that the white race is superior to all others.

Noun (1)

white supremacy (uncountable)

  1. The ideology which holds that the white race is superior to all others.
    • Among Southern whites, the defence of slavery slid into a defence of white supremacy, since that was a useful way to unite the white population behind a coherent ideology; most Southerners did not actually own slaves, and had no necessary interest in defending that institution alone.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 909
  2. A situation in which white people are privileged over other people in society.

Noun (2) capitalized: White supremacy

White supremacy (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of white supremacy
    • Whiteness is the cultural, social, economic, behavioral, material, and emotional embodiment of White supremacy, and it is strategically invisible by asserting its normalcy (Frankenberg, 1997).2024 June 25, Miguel Montalva Barba, White Supremacy and Racism in Progressive America: Race, Place, and Space, Bristol: Bristol University Press, →ISBN, page 5

white supremacy meaning in Hindi, Persian and Vietnamese

white supremacy in Hindi

ideology
श्वेत वर्चस्ववाद śvet varcasvavād

white supremacy in Persian

ideology
برترپنداری نژاد سفید bartarpendâri-ye nežâd-e sefid

white supremacy in Vietnamese

ideology
chủ nghĩa da trắng thượng đẳng

Forms of white supremacy

alternative formwhite supremacism

Words formed from white supremacy

Questions about white supremacy

What does white supremacy mean?
White supremacy means the ideology which holds that the white race is superior to all others.
What is white supremacy in Hindi?
White supremacy in Hindi is श्वेत वर्चस्ववाद (śvet varcasvavād). See White supremacy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is white supremacy?
White supremacy is a noun.

Words near white supremacy in the dictionary

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