as in racist
a person who believes that one race is superior to others
one of the most notorious groups of white supremacists
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Recent Examples of supremacist
The woman is fearful of her new neighbors: a collection of White supremacists associated with the group Patriot Front.
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Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
Constantly landing on jokes — like in its portrayal of Lockjaw and his efforts to become a member of the Christmas Adventurers Club, a powerful white-supremacists faction — siphons a sense of urgency from the film’s sketches of American unrest and white male violence.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
On the eve of Election Day, 1898, White supremacists launched a bloody attack, forcing Laurinburg’s Black citizens to flee.
—Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
Rosie O’Donnell, the liberal actress and comic, apologized on social media Sunday after falsely claiming the Minneapolis Catholic church school shooter was a MAGA supporter, a Republican and a White supremacist.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
Constantly landing on jokes — like in its portrayal of Lockjaw and his efforts to become a member of the Christmas Adventurers Club, a powerful white-supremacists faction — siphons a sense of urgency from the film’s sketches of American unrest and white male violence.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
On the eve of Election Day, 1898, White supremacists launched a bloody attack, forcing Laurinburg’s Black citizens to flee.
—Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
Rosie O’Donnell, the liberal actress and comic, apologized on social media Sunday after falsely claiming the Minneapolis Catholic church school shooter was a MAGA supporter, a Republican and a White supremacist.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supremacist
racist
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Stephen Lawrence was a black teen-ager who was murdered by a gang of white racists in 1993.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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On a hot July night in 1979, a racist, homophobic mob tried to destroy disco.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
7 June 2026
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“Supremacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supremacist. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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