Ketuanan Melayu

proper noun

An ethnic supremacist ideology in Malaysia that asserts the superiority of ethnic Malays over minorities such as the Chinese and Indians.

OriginMalay Ketuanan Melayu →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Malaysian politicsAn ethnic supremacist ideology in Malaysia that asserts the superiority of ethnic Malays over minorities such as the Chinese and Indians.

Origin

  1. MalayKetuanan Melayu
  2. EnglishKetuanan Melayu

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Ketuanan Melayu, literally, “Malay overlordship”.

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APA

Ketuanan Melayu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ketuanan%20Melayu

MLA

“Ketuanan Melayu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ketuanan%20Melayu. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ketuanan Melayu,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ketuanan%20Melayu.

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