"white supremacy" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} white supremacy (uncountable)
  1. The ideology which holds that the white race is superior to all others. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Ideologies, Racism, White supremacist ideology Translations (ideology): 白人優越主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 白人优越主义 (báirényōuyuèzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 白人至上主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 白人至上主义 (báirénzhìshàngzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), valkoinen ylivalta (Finnish), suprématie blanche [feminine] (French), თეთრკანიანთა უზენაესობა (tetrḳanianta uzenaesoba) (Georgian), თეთრკანიანთა უპირატესობა (tetrḳanianta uṗiraṭesoba) (Georgian), თეთრების ბატონობა (tetrebis baṭonoba) (Georgian), weiße Vorherrschaft [feminine] (German), Überlegenheit der Weißen [feminine] (German), fehér felsőbbrendűség (Hungarian), suprematismo bianco [masculine] (Italian), 白人至上主義 (hakujin shijōshugi) (alt: はくじんしじょうしゅぎ) (Japanese), 白人優越主義 (hakujin yūetsushugi) (alt: はくじんゆうえつしゅぎ) (Japanese), برترپنداری نژاد سفید (bartarpendâri-ye nežâd-e sefid) (Persian), biała supremacja [feminine] (Polish), превосхо́дство бе́лых (prevosxódstvo bélyx) [neuter] (Russian), supremacía blanca [feminine] (Spanish), supremacismo blanco [masculine] (Spanish), vit makt [common-gender] (Swedish), vit överhöghet [common-gender] (Swedish), người da trắng thượng đẳng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-white_supremacy-en-noun-YyJf4YuL Disambiguation of Ideologies: 71 29 Disambiguation of Racism: 49 51 Disambiguation of White supremacist ideology: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'ideology': 89 11
  2. A situation in which white people are privileged over other people in society. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Racism
    Sense id: en-white_supremacy-en-noun-jPbhI4Zs Disambiguation of Racism: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: white supremacism Hypernyms: racism Derived forms: white supremacist Related terms: black supremacy

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