Klannish
English
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[edit]Klannish (comparative more Klannish, superlative most Klannish)
- Of or pertaining to the Ku Klux Klan.
- 1970, Nancy Cunard, Hugh D. Ford, Negro: An Anthology, page 115:
- 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.
- 2008, Kathleen M. Blee, Women of the Klan: racism and gender in the 1920s, page 155:
- 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 […]