Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ku_klux_klan

1 sense of ku klux klan

Sense 1
Ku Klux Klan, Klan, KKK -- (a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people)
       INSTANCE OF=> secret society -- (a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers)
       INSTANCE OF=> terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO -- (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)