supremacist

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English

Etymology

From supremacy +‎ -ist.

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supremacist (comparative more supremacist, superlative most supremacist)

  1. Supportive of supremacism, the belief that some groups should control others.
    • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Cerberus Codex entry:
      Immediately following the First Contact War, an anonymous extranet manifesto warned that an alien attempt at human genocide was inevitable. The manifesto called for an army -- a Cerberus to guard against invasion through the Charon relay.
      [] Throughout the 2160s and 2170s, alleged Cerberus agents assassinated politicians, sabotaged starships bearing eezo, and conducted nightmarish experiments on aliens and humans. Denounced as human-supremacist, Cerberus calls itself human-survivalist.

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supremacist (plural supremacists)

  1. An advocate of supremacism, a supporter of the belief that some groups should control others.

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