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

His books have been translated into French, Spanish, German, Italian, and English; in the United States, at least one of them—a 2014 treatise on Martin Heidegger—was published by a company run by the white nationalist Richard Spencer. —James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025

On the other end of the spectrum, Ames is also backed by America First Legal (AFL), the far-right legal organization founded by white nationalist Stephen Miller, now the Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Policy under President Trump. —Samantha Riedel, Them, 28 Feb. 2025

But even for Ye, his abrupt public embrace of antisemitism and counterintuitive right-wing political rhetoric, resulting in his bringing avowed white nationalist Nick Fuentes to dine with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, has been disturbing. —Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025

Musk also reinstated the X account of white nationalist Nick Fuentes. —Russell Contreras, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for white nationalist

• internationalist
• rationalist