white supremacy

noun

1

: the belief that the white race is inherently superior to other races and that white people should have control over people of other races

The alt-right is a reactionary conservative movement … . It is characterized by an embrace of fascism, white supremacy, and misogyny …

—Constance Grady

2

: the social, economic, and political systems that collectively enable white people to maintain power over people of other races

… [William] Kelley turned his considerable intellect and imagination to the question of what it is like to be white in this country, and what it is like, for all Americans, to live under the conditions of white supremacy …

—Kathryn Schulz

Examples of white supremacy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And the Union Flag (commonly known as the Union Jack) was marched through Britain’s streets by the fascist National Front party – a group that openly championed white supremacy. —Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025

Holocaust education is a necessary window into how modern fascism and white supremacy construct dangerous national mythologies to justify war, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. —Sahar Mustafah august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025

The past few weeks have seen the Euphoria actress come under fire for starring in a controversial American Eagle jeans ad campaign that some have accused of dog-whistling white supremacy. —Shania Russell, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025

This grim structure has varied with time, yet its fundamentals—economic predation, white supremacy—remain intact. —Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

white supremacy

noun

: the belief that the white race is superior to other races and that white people should have control over people of other races

white supremacist noun