单词 | supremacist |
释义 | supremacistn.adj. A. n. An advocate of, or believer in, the supremacy of a particular group, esp. one defined by race, religion, or sex; a person whose behaviour is motivated by, or is intended to enforce in practice, this belief.Frequently with modifying word specifying the group for which supremacy is advocated.Recorded earliest in white supremacist n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > [noun] > discrimination or inegalitarianism > adherent of inequalitarian1878 supremacist1896 supremist1896 inegalitarian1955 1896 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 5 Apr. 12/5 The combine are determined to register the negroes, and the white supremacists are equally determined that they shall not. 1946 Afro-American (Baltimore) 28 Sept. 4/1 Those hidebound supremacists who howl loudly about world conditions while closing their eyes to the injustices and inequities under their very noses. 1968 in B. Roszak & T. Roszak Masculine/Feminine (1970) 256 Men..maintain a dominant position for themselves, and as supremacists, try to perpetuate that position of dominance. 1987 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 31 Oct. 63/2 Hindu supremacists wished..to go back to an ancient Aryan Utopia. 2008 R. Spencer Stealth Jihad vi. 141 The possibility that Islamic supremacists might have taken up residence on U.S. shores began to dawn on some Americans. B. adj. Relating to, or characteristic of, a supremacist; (also) designating a supremacist (of a specified kind). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > [adjective] > discriminatory or inegalitarian discriminative1837 discriminating1865 discriminatory1896 discriminational1918 supremist1941 supremacist1942 inegalitarian1961 1942 Pittsburgh Courier 21 Feb. 12/3 We are going to win this war—provided we can make the blind morons of the ‘white supremacist’ doctrines see the light. 1960 Life 7 Nov. 126/2 One policeman's normal supremacist viewpoint was almost completely shattered by gratitude. 1975 Economist 1 Feb. 24/1 Weaning the more sensible loyalists away from their Protestant supremacist partners. 1982 Washington Post 4 Mar. d 1/1 None of this football nonsense of airy polls full of supremacist blather. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 21 Oct. a19/6 He devotes as much of his energy to attacking..the supremacist leadership as he does attacking Jews and blacks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1896 |
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