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

The line inspired a heated debate with many online critics insisting the ad was a dog whistle promoting white supremacy. —James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025

The concerns over subliminal white supremacy prompted an enormous backlash in conservative circles, including from Vice President JD Vance. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025

The curious pun read to critics as a dog whistle for white supremacy, eugenics, and fascism in Trump‘s America — a wink to Sweeney’s correspondence to an Aryan archetype. —Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025

But the campaign has been accused and criticized for promoting white supremacy and phrases coded in the language of eugenics. —Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 31 July 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