Definitions
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- noun The belief that a particular
race ,religion ,gender , orculture issuperior to others, such that those who identify with it areentitled todominate ,control , orrule those who do not.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the belief that some particular group or race is superior to all others
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Examples
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But again "white supremacism" is attributed dismissively to go to a few 'ignorant' people or even small radical fringe groups similar to a KKK, neo-Nazi as well as punk groups.
Ethical Democracy As Lived Practice: The Murder of Marcelo Lucero ... admin 2009
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But again "white supremacism" is attributed dismissively to go to a few 'ignorant' people or even small radical fringe groups similar to a KKK, neo-Nazi as well as punk groups.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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It is this fallacy, in conjunction with Sinhala supremacism, which is the root cause of the regime's indifference to the fate of the civilian Tamils caught in the war zone and of its determination to incarcerate displaced Tamils in 'camps' for an indefinite period of time.
Asian Tribune 2009
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How about no race is inferior, instead of any, and I do mean any including that of Dr. Creuss, kind of supremacism is wrong?
Racism and Empathy: Some of My Approximating Experiences 2006
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instead of any, and I do mean any including that of Dr. Creuss, kind of supremacism?
Racism and Empathy: Some of My Approximating Experiences 2006
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The Japanese are racist as hell, and the Japanese-supremacism embodied in their immigration policies is horrible.
Matthew Yglesias » Rep Trent Franks: Blacks Were Better Off Under Slavery 2010
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The Japanese are racist as hell, and the Japanese-supremacism embodied in their immigration policies is horrible.
Matthew Yglesias » Rep Trent Franks: Blacks Were Better Off Under Slavery 2010
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But at the same time she supported full supremacism for Jews in Israel.
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An immense arrogation of moral supremacism, based upon selective data and a still more selective and tendentious reading of thatdata.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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Yup, this is an example of not very well hidden white supremacism under the banner of hating “illegals”.
Think Progress » Santa Clarita Councilman Tells Anti-Immigrant Protesters: ‘I’m A Proud Racist’ 2010
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