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White supremacy is not just a social arrangement: it is a race-based faith.
James A. Forbes

Meaning of "White supremacy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHITE SUPREMACY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHITE SUPREMACY

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White supremacy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHITE SUPREMACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

White supremacy

White supremacy is the belief, or promotion of the belief, that white people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds and that therefore whites should politically, economically and socially dominate non-whites. The term is also typically used to describe a political ideology that perpetuates and maintains the social, political, historical and/or industrial dominance of whites. Different forms of white supremacy have different conceptions of who is considered white, and different white supremacists identify various racial and cultural groups as their primary enemy.

Definition of White supremacy in the English dictionary

The definition of White supremacy in the dictionary is the theory or belief that White people are innately superior to people of other races.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHITE SUPREMACY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE WHITE SUPREMACY

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Synonyms and antonyms of White supremacy in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «White supremacy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHITE SUPREMACY

Find out the translation of White supremacy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of White supremacy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «White supremacy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

白人至上
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

La supremacía blanca
570 millions of speakers

English

White supremacy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सफेद वर्चस्व
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

تفوق البيض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Белый превосходство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

A supremacia branca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাদা আধিপত্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la suprématie blanche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketuanan putih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weißen Vorherrschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

白人至上主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

백인 우월주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Supremasi putih
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

trắng tối thượng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெள்ளை மேலாதிக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पांढरी वर्चस्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Beyaz üstünlük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

supremazia bianca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

biała supremacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

білий перевагу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supremația albă
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Λευκή υπεροχή
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

wit heerskappy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Vit överhöghet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hvit overlegenhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of White supremacy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITE SUPREMACY»

The term «White supremacy» is regularly used and occupies the 87.345 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITE SUPREMACY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «White supremacy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «White supremacy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about White supremacy

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2 QUOTES WITH «WHITE SUPREMACY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word White supremacy.
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Michael Eric Dyson
White supremacy is the conscious or unconscious belief or the investment in the inherent superiority of some, while others are believed to be innately inferior. And it doesn't demand the individual participation of the singular bigot. It is a machine operating in perpetuity, because it doesn't demand that somebody be in place driving.
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James A. Forbes
White supremacy is not just a social arrangement: it is a race-based faith.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITE SUPREMACY»

Discover the use of White supremacy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to White supremacy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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White Supremacy and Racism in the Post-civil Rights Era
Bonilla-Silva (sociology, Texas AandM U.) addresses the reasons that black Americans and other racial minorities lag behind whites in terms of income, wealth, occupational and health status, educational attainment, and other social ...
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, 2001
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State of White Supremacy: Racism, Governance, and the United ...
State of White Supremacy investigates how race functions as an enduring logic of governance in the United States, perpetually generating and legitimating racial hierarchy and privilege.
Moon-Kie Jung, João Costa Vargas, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, 2011
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White Nation: Fantasies of White Supremacy in a ...
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Ghassan Hage, 2012
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Disrupting white supremacy from within: white people on what ...
The contributors to Disrupting White Supremacy from Within, an all-white group of theologians, ethicists, teachers, ministers, and activists, propose that a fundamental part of the answer to these two questions lies in white peoples' ...
Jennifer Harvey, Karin A. Case, Robin Hawley Gorsline, 2004
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The Highest Stage of White Supremacy
This book analyses the origins of segregation in South Africa and the American South.
John Whitson Cell, 1982
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Who Killed Hammarskjöld?: The UN, the Cold War and White ...
This book follows the author on her journey to uncover a mass of new and hitherto secret documentary and photographic evidence.
A. Susan Williams, 2011
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White Supremacy and Black Resistance in Pre-industrial South ...
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the emergence of a racially divided society in pre-industrial Southern Africa.
Clifton C. Crais, 1992
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White Man Falling: Race, Gender, and White Supremacy
Ferber's provocative critique examines white supremacists' firm belief that white men are becoming victims and the repercussions of their attempts to assert white male power.
Abby L. Ferber, 1999
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Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White ...
This book unravels the ethnic history of California since the late nineteenth-century Anglo-American conquest and the institutionalization of "white supremacy" in the state.
Professor Tomas Almaguer, 2008
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Managing White Supremacy: Race, Politics, and Citizenship in ...
Tracing the erosion of white elite paternalism in Jim Crow Virginia, Douglas Smith reveals a surprising fluidity in southern racial politics in the decades between World War I and the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v.
J. Douglas Smith, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITE SUPREMACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term White supremacy is used in the context of the following news items.
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“A physical experience”: Ta-Nehisi Coates and the visceral truth …
American society is all too happy to respond to white supremacy with yammering and navel gazing that ultimately changes nothing. As President Obama said ... «Salon, Jul 15»
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Read Lupe Fiasco's Open Letter About White Supremacy
He went on to cite Apple computers and international product trade as examples of inherent collaboration between different ethnicities. "White Supremacy is a lie ... «Billboard, Jun 15»
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South Carolina shooting suspect seemed troubled, drawn to white
His uncle worried he was cooped up in his room too much. The few images of him found easily online suggest he had a fascination with white supremacy, ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
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Ferguson isn't about black rage against cops. It's white rage against …
Legislatures throughout the South scrambled to reinscribe white supremacy and restore the aura of legitimacy that the anti-slavery campaign had tarnished. «Washington Post, Nov 14»
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MSNBC's Michael Eric Dyson Attacks Rudy Giuliani: He Has A …
White people who are policemen who kill black people do not go to jail. ... DYSON: This is a defensive mechanism of white supremacy at work in your mind, sir. «NewsBusters, Nov 14»
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CNN Guest Says Depiction of White Jesus Has Been Used to Kill …
... Jesus Has Been Used to Kill Millions; Shows 'History of White Supremacy' ... in slavery and genocide and "speaks to the entire history of white supremacy." «NewsBusters, Dec 13»
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White supremacists arrested in North Dakota for 'terrorizing' citizens
Cobb has purchased 13 properties in Leith and has said he plans to take over the town government with others who share his views of white supremacy. «Christian Science Monitor, Nov 13»
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'Breaking Bad' Recap: White Supremacy
There's a punning logic to it, if you're into that sort of thing: White's supremacy, destroyed by white supremacists. There's an intra-show undermining of its own ... «RollingStone.com, Sep 13»
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New Neighbor's Agenda: White Power Takeover
In the past two years, Mr. Cobb, a longtime proselytizer for white supremacy ... He is using Craigslist and white power message boards to entice others in the ... «New York Times, Aug 13»
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Understanding the Scope and Profile of White Supremacy Hate in …
The ongoing FBI investigation of this week's shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc. is examining gunman Michael Wade Page's ties to neo-Nazi and ... «PBS, Aug 12»

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