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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 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 Musk was sued in Texas state court in October by Ben Brody after endorsing a social media post that compared an Instagram profile of Brody to a photo of a White supremacist who violently clashed with the Proud Boys in Portland, Oregon, while both groups were protesting a Pride event in the city. Robert Burnson, Fortune, 13 Mar. 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 12 Mar. 2025.

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