Definition of Gobineau, Joseph Arthur in English:

Gobineau, Joseph Arthur

Comte de (1816–82), French writer and anthropologist. His stated view that the races are innately unequal and that the white Aryan race is superior to all others later influenced the ideology and policies of the Nazis.

/ˈɡäbəˌnō/

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