skinhead
noun
skin·head
ˈskin-ˌhed 
1
: a person whose hair is cut very short
2
: a usually white male belonging to any of various sometimes violent youth gangs whose members have close-shaven hair and often espouse white-supremacist beliefs
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Patrick Stewart, of all people, is an all-time villain as the skinheads' calculating leader, issuing merciless orders in the same reasonable cadence we've been conditioned to trust implicitly.
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Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Intriguingly, in more recent decades, political and extremist groups have shifted away from a more provocative look, like skinheads, towards a more pedestrian aesthetic involving khakis and polo shirts.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
The French skinhead hunters fought against local skinheads and their racist crimes, sometimes using their same violent methods.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 Sep. 2025
Mark Herbert, one of its chief executives, produced 2006’s This Is England, the film that gave Graham his breakout role as the volatile young skinhead Combo.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 June 2025
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Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Intriguingly, in more recent decades, political and extremist groups have shifted away from a more provocative look, like skinheads, towards a more pedestrian aesthetic involving khakis and polo shirts.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
The French skinhead hunters fought against local skinheads and their racist crimes, sometimes using their same violent methods.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 Sep. 2025
Mark Herbert, one of its chief executives, produced 2006’s This Is England, the film that gave Graham his breakout role as the volatile young skinhead Combo.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 June 2025
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“Skinhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skinhead. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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