white supremacy en · NOUN
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Meanings
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(uncountable) 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:
- (uncountable) A situation in which white people are privileged over other people in society.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| white supremacism | alternative | lexicographic |
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Relateds
straight supremacy · cissupremacy · black supremacy · baasskap
Translations (23)
es supremacismo blanco (ideology) · hi श्वेत वर्चस्ववाद (ideology) · it suprematismo bianco (ideology) · es supremacía blanca (ideology) · ja 白人優越主義 (ideology) · fi valkoinen ylivalta (ideology) · ka თეთრკანიანთა უპირატესობა (ideology) · ka თეთრების ბატონობა (ideology) · fr suprématie blanche (ideology) · cmn 白人優越主義 /白人优越主义 (ideology) · hu fehér felsőbbrendűség (ideology) · ja 白人至上主義 (ideology) · vi chủ nghĩa da trắng thượng đẳng (ideology) · de Überlegenheit der Weißen (ideology) · kmr serdestiya spiyan (ideology) · de weiße Vorherrschaft (ideology) · sv vit makt (ideology) · pl biała supremacja (ideology) · cmn 白人至上主義 /白人至上主义 (ideology) · ka თეთრკანიანთა უზენაესობა (ideology) · sv vit överhöghet (ideology) · ru превосхо́дство бе́лых (ideology) · fa برترپنداری نژاد سفید (ideology)