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

In another answer, Blevins denied being a white nationalist but defended having marched in Charlottesville with them. —Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024

McVeigh, a white nationalist, was driven in part by his anger over what had happened with the Branch Davidians. —Odette Yousef, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024

The more eyebrow-raising case Eddy cites is that of the white nationalist website VDARE, which Stripe cut loose in February, leaving GabPay to sign them as a new customer. —Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024

The view was criticized widely at the time for echoing the Great Replacement Theory, an idea first popular among white nationalists. —Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024

Baldwin and Rozzi had alleged that members of Odinism, a pagan Norse religion hijacked by white nationalists, are the real killers who ritually sacrificed the teens ― a theory that Allen's new defense team believes has merit. —The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024

However, social media postings in response to the events, which are also being advertised on white nationalist and gun forums, include calls for civil war and violence. —Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024

In November, a report by the watchdog group Media Matters found that ads for brands like Apple, Bravo, and Amazon had appeared on X next to white nationalist hashtags such as #WLM (White Lives Matter) or #KeepEuropeWhite. —Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2023

Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist influencer who was livestreaming his reaction to the debate on the alternative streaming platform Rumble, appeared visibly shocked that Ramaswamy went so far. —David Gilbert, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above