master race

master race
Any race of people who consider themselves to be superior to others; especially when applied to Nazi ideology.

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  • master race — noun a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others • Syn: ↑Herrenvolk • Hypernyms: ↑race * * * a race, people, or nation, as the Germans during the Nazi period, whose members consider themselves superior to all …   Useful english dictionary

  • master race — mas′ter race n. a race, people, or nation whose members consider themselves superior to members of other groups • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang

  • master race — a race, people, or nation, as the Germans during the Nazi period, whose members consider themselves superior to all others and therefore justified in conquering and ruling them. [1925 30] * * * …   Universalium

  • Master Race — (Meisterrasse)    The fundamental belief of the Nazis held that in nature there is a hierarchy among human beings. The Nazis contended that the Aryan race was superior to all other races, and this earned it the right to rule over inferior peoples …   Historical dictionary of the Holocaust

  • master race — noun Date: 1856 a people held to be racially preeminent and hence fitted to rule or enslave other peoples …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • master race — /ˈmastə reɪs/ (say mahstuh rays) noun a people or nation, as the Aryan Germans during the Nazi period, who consider themselves superior to other peoples or nations and therefore fitted to rule or enslave them …  

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