herrenvolk

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Pronunciation

/ˈhɛɹənfəʊk/(UK)

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/ˈhɛɹənfəʊk/(UK) · /ˈhɛɹənfɒlk/(UK) · /ˈhɛɹənfoʊk/(US) · /ˈhɛɹənfɔlk/(US)

Definition of herrenvolk

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.

“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.”

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noun

A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.

“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.”
(alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of herrenvolk.

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From German Herrenvolk, from Herr (“lord, master, gentleman”) + -en- + Volk (“folk, people”).

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