supremacism
Belief in dominance
Supremacism is the belief that a particular group—defined by race, religion, ethnicity, or other identity—is inherently superior to others and should dominate them.
The term most often appears in white supremacism, but applies to any ideology asserting one group's right to rule: racial supremacism, ethnic supremacism.
A supremacist holds or promotes such beliefs.
Intolerance toward differing views
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- sexismGender-based prejudice
ageism · classism · homophobia · transphobia · anti-Semitism · Islamophobia · misogyny · colorism
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
- jingoismBellicose extreme patriotism
nativism · fascism · Nazism · fundamentalism · extremism · authoritarianism · totalitarianism · dogmatism
Inherited social division
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- class systemSocietal ranking by birth
- pecking orderSocial dominance arrangement
- rankingOrdered position assignment
social order · aristocracy · oligarchy · feudalism · inequality · elites · underclass · serfdom
Dominant group's control
- subjugationForcing into submission
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- dominationSupreme authority held
imperialism · colonialism · authoritarianism · despotism · autocracy · control · power · coercion
Belief in unique superiority
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- preeminenceSuperior status above others
- primacyCondition of being foremost
chosen people · master race · Übermensch · purity · manifest destiny · birthright · divine right · ascendancy
bigotry
Intolerance toward differing views
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
sexism · ageism · classism · homophobia · transphobia · anti-Semitism · Islamophobia · misogyny · colorism · casteism
racism
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
jingoism · nativism · fascism · Nazism · fundamentalism · extremism · authoritarianism · totalitarianism · dogmatism · zealotry
caste
Inherited social division
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- class systemSocietal ranking by birth
- pecking orderSocial dominance arrangement
ranking · social order · aristocracy · oligarchy · feudalism · inequality · elites · underclass · serfdom · untouchability
hegemony
Dominant group's control
- subjugationForcing into submission
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
domination · imperialism · colonialism · authoritarianism · despotism · autocracy · control · power · coercion · exploitation
exceptionalism
Belief in unique superiority
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- preeminenceSuperior status above others
primacy · chosen people · master race · Übermensch · purity · manifest destiny · birthright · divine right · ascendancy · triumphalism
- discriminationracism, systemic discrimination, Jim Crow laws, sexism, racial harassment
- racismracism, racial bias, racial discrimination, bigotry, racial prejudice
- extremismextremism, extremists, fanaticism, radicalism, radicalization
- Ultranationalismultranationalism, jingoism, chauvinism, ethnonationalism, nativism
- Fringe ideologiesanarchism, extremism, radicalism, fascism, neo-Nazism
- biasprejudice, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism
supremacismegalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
equalitarianism · equality · universalism · antiracism · pluralism
supremacisminferiority complex
Chronic sense of inadequacy
self-deprecation · submissiveness · servility · self-hatred · subordination
supremacismegalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
equalitarianism · anti-racism · antiracism · social equality · anarchism
- white supremacistOne claiming racial superiority