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单词 master race
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master race


noun

a people or nation, as the Germans during the Nazi period, whose members consider themselves genetically superior to all others and therefore justified in conquering and ruling them.

Origin of master race

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby master race

Master of the Rolls, masterpiece, master plan, master point, master policy, master race, Masters, master's degree, master sergeant, mastership, mastersinger
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Example sentences from the Web for master race

  • In one part lived the master-race of the Chou with the imperial court, in the other the subjugated population.

    A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]|Wolfram Eberhard

British Dictionary definitions for master race

master race

noun

a race, nation, or group, such as the Germans or Nazis as viewed by Hitler, believed to be superior to other racesGerman name: Herrenvolk
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for master race

master race

The expression used by the Nazis in Germany for the race they wanted to create — a pure race of white people suited to rule the world. Extermination was the Nazis' main tool for making the Germans pure. (See Holocaust.)

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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