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

Gull last month denied their bid to claim that Abby and Libby were murdered as part of a ritualistic sacrifice by those linked to Odinism, a Norse pagan religion that has spread among white nationalist groups. —Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024

Fuentes has been described by some groups who monitor hate groups as a white nationalist who promotes racist, sexist, antisemitic and homophobic views. —Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2024

The manager allegedly replaced two Hispanic managers with her white friends, including one who is associated with a white nationalist gang, according to the release. —Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024

Skrewdriver was first active as a skinhead/Oi! band in the Seventies and became an explicitly white nationalist, neo-Nazi group after frontman Ian Stuart Donaldson resurrected the group in the Eighties (Donaldson died in 1993). —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above