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

And while controversial rapper Kanye West ran his own tumultuous third-party 2020 presidential campaign to challenge Trump – the former president dined with West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes in 2022, and the two have known each other for years. —Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 21 June 2024

The national press has no curiosity about flyover country and thinks anyone to the right of President Joe Biden is a white nationalist or, worse, a Trump supporter. —Erick Erickson, Orange County Register, 17 June 2024

Gaetz tweeted a photo of himself standing in the courtroom and echoed Trump’s message to the Proud Boys, a white nationalist group, during a 2020 debate with President Biden. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 16 May 2024

Scott has advised Trump over the years regarding racial justice, particularly in the aftermath of white nationalist rallies that took place in Virginia in 2017. —Jeongyoon Han, NPR, 6 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above