"white supremacy" meaning in English

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Noun

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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: 61 39 Disambiguation of Racism: 49 51 Disambiguation of White supremacist ideology: 57 43 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: white supremacism Hypernyms: racism Derived forms: white supremacist Related terms: baasskap, black supremacy

Alternative forms

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      "word": "biała supremacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevosxódstvo bélyx",
      "sense": "ideology",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "превосхо́дство бе́лых"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ideology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "supremacía blanca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ideology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "supremacismo blanco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ideology",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vit makt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ideology",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vit överhöghet"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ideology",
      "word": "người da trắng thượng đẳng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "white supremacy"
}

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