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
Examples of white nationalist in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The provocative choice of backing the Rittenhouse tour is par for the course for Turning Point and its local affiliates, which have hosted controversial figures like Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist and Holocaust denier.
—USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
The Christchurch attack has provided inspiration for multiple white nationalist terrorism plots.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
The company also recently began processing payments for the prominent white nationalist website VDARE.
—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
From 2017 to 2019, Blevins led an Oklahoma chapter of the white nationalist organization Identity Evropa.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
On Monday, President Joe Biden delivered his second speech in four days on concerns about democracy and freedom, speaking from the pulpit of the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, site of a deadly mass shooting by a white nationalist in 2015.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
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
USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
The Christchurch attack has provided inspiration for multiple white nationalist terrorism plots.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
The company also recently began processing payments for the prominent white nationalist website VDARE.
—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
From 2017 to 2019, Blevins led an Oklahoma chapter of the white nationalist organization Identity Evropa.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
On Monday, President Joe Biden delivered his second speech in four days on concerns about democracy and freedom, speaking from the pulpit of the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, site of a deadly mass shooting by a white nationalist in 2015.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
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
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