supremacist

noun

su·​prem·​a·​cist sə-ˈpre-mə-sist How to pronounce supremacist (audio)
sü-
plural supremacists
1
: an advocate or adherent of the supremacy of one group : a person who believes that one group of people as identified by their shared race, ethnicity, sex, gender, or religion is inherently superior to other groups and should have control over those other groups
2

Examples of supremacist in a Sentence

one of the most notorious groups of white supremacists
Recent Examples on the Web The comments are reminiscent of conspiracy theories promoted by White supremacists that there’s a plot to disempower White Americans. Nancy Cook, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024 Once-fringe Jewish supremacists and settler leaders have been given key positions in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government, further inflaming tensions. Niha Masih, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023 Just a year earlier, a White supremacist had committed a deadly shooting at a Poway synagogue. Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024 Although paradoxical that White supremacists would be supportive of an Islamic terrorist group, Decker says the White supremacists’ hatred of Jewish people outranks all else. Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 14 Nov. 2023 Malay-Islamist supremacists have been fanning their fears of losing these privileges. Time, 11 Oct. 2023 Leaders first began considering replacing the windows in 2015, when then-Dean Gary Hall called for their removal after a White supremacist fatally shot nine Black churchgoers at Mother Emanuel AME in Charleston, South Carolina. Dakin Andone, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023 One hundred years later, neo-Nazis and White supremacists are fomenting hate, violence and insurrection in the United States. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023 In theory, the state should be unfavorable terrain for Hindu supremacists. Sushant Singh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of supremacist was in 1896

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“Supremacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supremacist. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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supremacist

noun
su·​prem·​a·​cist sə-ˈprem-ə-səst How to pronounce supremacist (audio)
: a person who believes that one group (as the white race) should control all others

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