great replacement

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Great Replacement¹

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Calque of French Grand Remplacement. Coined by French novelist, conspiracy theorist and writer Renaud Camus in 2010.

proper noun the Great Replacement · great replacement

  1. A white nationalist conspiracy theory claiming the gradual demographic and cultural replacement of white European populations, by non-European peoples, who are deliberately assisted by elites. Echoing the man accused of fatally shooting dozens of people at two mosques in New Zealand in March, the El Paso gunman’s manifesto mentioned the “great replacement,” a conspiracy theory that warns of white genocide.

great replacement²

proper noun the great replacement

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Great Replacement

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中文大替換 /大替换 Dà Tìhuàn
FrançaisGrand Remplacement
Deutschgroßer Austausch
ΕλληνικάΜεγάλη αντικατάσταση Megáli antikatástasi
Русскийвеликое замещение velikoje zameščenije

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@misc{great_replacement_2026,
  title = {great replacement},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/great%20replacement},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}