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Pallorism

Definition: Discrimination or prejudice directed at white people based on their skin color or perceived group identity.

Etymology: From pallor (meaning paleness of skin) and the suffix -ism (used to denote systems of belief, behavior, or discrimination).

Manifestations of pallorism may include:

Assuming that when a white person voices concerns about the safety or future of their ethnic group, they must be doing so from a place of racial supremacy.

Preemptively dismissing the experiences or emotions of white individuals due to assumptions about their “privilege.”

Assuming white people are inherently incapable of empathizing with marginalized groups because of perceived social advantages.

Denying that white populations can be targets of hatred, violence, discriminating policies or even genocidal intent.

Believing that white individuals collectively deserve misfortune as a form of historical retribution for colonialism or slavery.

Attributing sole or primary responsibility for historical oppression to people with pale skin.

Opposing the right to a nation-state that is particularily committed to the preservation of their cultural identity, based solely on their pale skin color.
Pallorism (noun)
Some argue that modern social commentary too often veers into subtle forms of pallorism.

Pallorist (noun)
His refusal to hear out any white speaker made him come across as a pallorist.

Palloristic (adjective)
Her worldview seemed driven by a palloristic belief that white people can’t suffer injustice.
by krampusrot May 23, 2025
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Pelorism

The left-wing religion that teaches virtue with regard only to what can be proven as fact.
As a member of Pelorism, he cannot believe in God, who has not been proven.
by PeloristicAtheist August 16, 2011
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Pabloism

In 1951, After the second world war, a few small groups of trotskyist movement who feel defeated due to their numerical weakness, social isolation, inexperience and the massive forces of capitalism and stalinism felt that they could influence the world in a small way by joining the stalinist faction of politics and trying to influence them from within their faction towards the left instead of fighting them by forming a seperate party.
ICL: Stalinism is just as bad as capitalism
Pabloism: Capitalism is worse then stalinism.
ICL: You are a revisionist !
Pabloism: Pfft! Atleast I will live.
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