as in racist
a person who believes that one race is superior to others one of the most notorious groups of white supremacists

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Recent Examples of supremacist Trump’s rhetoric has echoed language in far-right conspiracy theories linked to mass shootings in El Paso, a synagogue in Pennsylvania and the wider mobilization of armed far-right White supremacists. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 15 July 2024 White supremacists spooked on Telegram app White supremacists and neo-Nazis showed a surge of panic on the social media platform Telegram following a key policy change, according to a new report from ProPublica and FRONTLINE. Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024 The country was born from a revolutionary war, and internal conflicts between racial and religious supremacists and opposing liberation movements date back to the late 1700s. Lilliana Mason, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2024 In 2019, a White supremacist pleaded guilty to multiple charges in New York, including first-degree murder in furtherance of an act of terrorism, for killing a Black man in March 2017 to try to start a race war. Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for supremacist

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“Supremacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supremacist. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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