skinhead
noun
skin·head
ˈskin-ˌhed 
1
: a person whose hair is cut very short
2
: a usually white male belonging to any of various sometimes violent youth gangs whose members have close-shaven hair and often espouse white-supremacist beliefs
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Nikitin, whose legal surname is Kapustin, is one of Europe’s most influential neo-Nazi activists, starting out small with fight club events held in backwater Russian cities among amateurs from soccer hooligan and skinhead groups.
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Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
The film gave Gary Oldman his first breakthrough role as the unpredictable skinhead Coxy, who proves to have an influence over the impressionable Colin.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room (2015) saw a group of young punks fight for survival against a gang of neo-Nazi skinheads in a reclamation of punk, not only as a music genre but as a lifestyle.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
The actress played Edward Norton's skinhead girlfriend in American History X (1998), Adam Sandler's love interest in The Waterboy (1998), and a groupie alongside Kate Hudson in the Oscar-winning film Almost Famous (2000).
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
The film gave Gary Oldman his first breakthrough role as the unpredictable skinhead Coxy, who proves to have an influence over the impressionable Colin.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room (2015) saw a group of young punks fight for survival against a gang of neo-Nazi skinheads in a reclamation of punk, not only as a music genre but as a lifestyle.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
The actress played Edward Norton's skinhead girlfriend in American History X (1998), Adam Sandler's love interest in The Waterboy (1998), and a groupie alongside Kate Hudson in the Oscar-winning film Almost Famous (2000).
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Skinhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skinhead. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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