Klannish

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the Ku Klux Klan.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveKlannish (comparative more Klannish, superlative most Klannish)

comparative more Klannish · superlative most Klannish

  1. Of or pertaining to the Ku Klux Klan.

    Klannish political culture offered a way of life, a sense of purpose, and a worldview that drew on the ordinary racism and intolerance of white Protestant society[…]

    2008, Kathleen M. Blee, Women of the Klan: racism and gender in the 1920s, page 155
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    I am an American Negro woman who, in spite of all the Klannish feeling in the world, is grateful to the Creator, since it pleased Him to create me thus, and proudly I join with those who denounce hatred and advocate love.

    1970, Nancy Cunard, Hugh D. Ford, Negro: An Anthology, page 115

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