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White supremacist

  • a word derived from White supremacy.
    white supremacy
    noun
    the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial and ethnic groups, especially Black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
white supremacist
  • a word derived from white supremacy.
    white supremacy
    noun
    the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial and ethnic groups, especially Black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.

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She also pivoted to the administration’s benchmark for antisemitism: the 2017 White supremacist rally at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

However, even though my teacher taught us about Emmett Till's murder, she didn't explain the White supremacist ideology of Emmett's killer, J.W.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2023

The summer of 1919 was marked by race riots in many cities, and in the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan, a White supremacist group formed after the Civil War, spread throughout the nation.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

“In 2021, ADL documented 108 White supremacist events, more than double the 53 events held in 2020, and the most events recorded in any of the past five years,” the report found.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022

Sandlin also reportedly described what he categorized as racial tension between minority guards and the largely White suspects held at the jail, given that some suspects have been accused of belonging to White supremacist groups.

From Fox News ● Apr. 7, 2021

A former director at the Southern Poverty Law Center was arrested for allegedly overseeing secret payments to informants from white supremacist groups, federal authorities said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Anderson's film, which depicts the hunt for former far-left revolutionaries by a white supremacist, seems destined for the best picture Oscar, having already secured numerous awards.

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

“The perceived persecution of the Afrikaners, who controlled South Africa’s major institutions until the end of apartheid, circulated as a white supremacist meme for decades,” Slate’s Molly Olmstead explains.

From Slate ● May 13, 2025

The Los Angeles police officer said she thought Lillienfeld might have been doing it as a joke but that it seemed inappropriate because it “looked like something white supremacist groups do,” according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2024

If Pamela is a white supremacist, she’s done a pretty good job hiding it.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman