SUPREMACISTS Synonyms: 6 Similar and Opposite Words

supremacists

noun

plural of supremacist

as in racists

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 supremacists Some version of the good European now seems more urgent than ever as ethnic-racial supremacists, egged on by their American allies, undermine political and civic cultures in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his far-right government of Jewish supremacists launched a war of annihilation right back. — Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 Constantly landing on jokes — like in its portrayal of Lockjaw and his efforts to become a member of the Christmas Adventurers Club, a powerful white-supremacists faction — siphons a sense of urgency from the film’s sketches of American unrest and white male violence. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025

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racists

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Democrats have little trouble understanding that the right-wing infighting over Carlson is about whether the Republican tent, which already includes racists, nativists, and vicious Islamophobes, is also big enough to include anti-Semites.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Where English racists cry DEI hire, American ones cry DEI curriculum.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

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