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herrenvolk

Noun CEFR B2
ˈhɛɹənfəʊk

Definitions

  1. A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of herrenvolk.
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Examples

“In their position halfway between the blacks and the white Herrenvolk, they are bound to be unstable, they are petty bourgeois to the core, all of them.”
The political system that was emerging has been aptly described as a 'Herrenvolk democracy', a formally democratic political system in which voting and office holding is limited to members of a dominant ethno-racial group.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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