Phrase guide

white supremacy

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The ideology which holds that the white race is superior to all others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A situation in which white people are privileged over other people in society.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of white supremacy

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

the prejudice that members of the white race are superior to members of other races

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: racism

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 白人優越主義 /白人优越主义 (báirényōuyuèzhǔyì) — ideology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白人至上主義 /白人至上主义 (báirénzhìshàngzhǔyì) — ideology
  • Finnish: valkoinen ylivalta — ideology
  • French: suprématie blanche — ideology
  • Georgian: თეთრკანიანთა უზენაესობა (tetrḳanianta uzenaesoba) — ideology
  • Georgian: თეთრკანიანთა უპირატესობა (tetrḳanianta uṗiraṭesoba) — ideology
  • Georgian: თეთრების ბატონობა (tetrebis baṭonoba) — ideology
  • German: weiße Vorherrschaft — ideology
  • German: Überlegenheit der Weißen — ideology
  • Hindi: श्वेत वर्चस्ववाद (śvet varcasvavād) — ideology
  • Hungarian: fehér felsőbbrendűség — ideology
  • Italian: suprematismo bianco — ideology
  • Japanese: 白人至上主義 (hakujin shijōshugi) — ideology
  • Japanese: 白人優越主義 (hakujin yūetsushugi) — ideology
  • Northern Kurdish: serdestiya spiyan — ideology
  • Persian: برترپنداری نژاد سفید (bartarpendâri-ye nežâd-e sefid) — ideology
  • Polish: biała supremacja — ideology
  • Russian: превосхо́дство бе́лых (prevosxódstvo bélyx) — ideology
  • Spanish: supremacía blanca — ideology
  • Spanish: supremacismo blanco — ideology
  • Swedish: vit makt — ideology
  • Swedish: vit överhöghet — ideology
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa da trắng thượng đẳng — ideology