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 daytime march – past a clothing boutique, a salon and a cookie bakery – erupted as events organized or attended by White supremacists in the United States hit a new high in 2023, the Anti-Defamation League reported. Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024 The following story might irritate male supremacists and cavemen everywhere. David Whitley, The Tennessean, 30 Jan. 2024 Trump’s rhetoric has echoed language in far-right conspiracy theories linked to mass shootings in El Paso, a synagogue in Pennsylvania and the wider mobilization of armed far-right White supremacists. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 15 July 2024 White supremacists spooked on Telegram app White supremacists and neo-Nazis showed a surge of panic on the social media platform Telegram following a key policy change, according to a new report from ProPublica and FRONTLINE. Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for supremacist
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racist
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  • During his first administration, Trump imposed a ban that barred people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. Critics then and now, have called out the restrictions as xenophobic and racist.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
  • From time to time, there are zippy montages of Adore clients, filling Lucy’s ears with ridiculous demands and impossibly narrow preferences, some of them cluelessly sexist, ageist, and racist.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 June 2025

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“Supremacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supremacist. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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