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

white nationalism noun

or less commonly White Nationalism

… a far right platform that includes white nationalism and opposition to Israel.

—Mike Sunnucks

Examples of white nationalist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Representatives Paul Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Steve King have spoken at the white nationalist America First Political Action Committee Conference in recent years. —Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024

Government photo Dykes, 26, pleaded guilty in April to assault charges and was previously convicted of a crime stemming from the 2017 white nationalist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. —CBS News, 19 July 2024

Biden announced his 2020 campaign for the presidency by explaining he was motivated by the need to quell the division in the country and prevent the sort of deadly violence that had occurred at a 2017 white nationalist protest in Charlottesville. —Michael Scherer, Washington Post, 14 July 2024

Go deeper: The rise of white nationalist Hispanics Texas mall shooter among growing number of Hispanic white supremacists Subscribe to Axios Latino to get vital news about Latinos and Latin America, delivered to your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. —Russell Contreras, Axios, 9 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above