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supremacism

noun

Etymology

From supremacy + -ism.

  1. borrowed from suprême
  2. derived from suprēmus
  3. derived from suppreme
  4. inherited from suppreme
  5. formed as supremacy — “supreme + -acy”
  6. suffixed as supremacism — “supremacy + ism”

Definitions

  1. The belief that a certain group of people are far more superior compared to anyone else,…

    The belief that a certain group of people are far more superior compared to anyone else, such as those who belong to it are entitled to dominate, control, or rule those who do not. The supposed superior people can also be defined by age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, language, social class, ideology, nation, culture, or belonging to any other part of a particular population.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA