white nationalist
noun
plural white nationalists
: one of a group of militant white people who espouse white supremacy (see white supremacy sense 1) and advocate enforced racial segregation
… his vision for the community—an enclave where residents fly "racialist" banners, where they are able to import enough … white nationalists to take control of the town government …—
John Eligon
John Eligon
white nationalism
noun
or less commonly White Nationalism
… a far right platform that includes white nationalism and opposition to Israel.
—Mike Sunnucks
Mike Sunnucks
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Grok spouted antisemitic tropes and white nationalist talking points earlier this week in response to user prompts.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Fuentes in particular is a prominent figure among the far-right, peddling white nationalist ideas and openly promoting antisemitic and racist rhetoric.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 5 July 2025
By 2022, invasion rhetoric, which had previously been relegated to white nationalist circles, had become such a staple of Republican campaign ads that most of the public agreed an invasion of the U.S. via the southern border was underway.
—Molly Redden, ProPublica, 23 May 2025
But here is a lot of anti-Semitism on the right from white nationalists, and there’s not one word about that in Project Esther’s very long document.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 23 May 2025
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Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Fuentes in particular is a prominent figure among the far-right, peddling white nationalist ideas and openly promoting antisemitic and racist rhetoric.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 5 July 2025
By 2022, invasion rhetoric, which had previously been relegated to white nationalist circles, had become such a staple of Republican campaign ads that most of the public agreed an invasion of the U.S. via the southern border was underway.
—Molly Redden, ProPublica, 23 May 2025
But here is a lot of anti-Semitism on the right from white nationalists, and there’s not one word about that in Project Esther’s very long document.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 23 May 2025
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“White nationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20nationalist. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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