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
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Currently, the Department of Homeland Security is using white nationalist artworks from America’s past to promote its schemes.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Lockjaw has been invited to join the Christmas Adventurers, a secret club of white nationalists, played by actors like Tony Goldwyn and James Downey, who confer great privilege upon their members, but who demand (among other things) racial purity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
Tess Crowley—The Deseret News/AP Some have attempted to draw a link between Robinson and the far-right Groyper movement, a decentralized group of white nationalists who follow Nick Fuentes and coalesce online around obscure and extremist meme culture.
—Richard Hall, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
Another poster suggested, with no evidence, that the shooter may have been a Groyper, the term for followers of the white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who had publicly feuded with Kirk.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Lockjaw has been invited to join the Christmas Adventurers, a secret club of white nationalists, played by actors like Tony Goldwyn and James Downey, who confer great privilege upon their members, but who demand (among other things) racial purity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
Tess Crowley—The Deseret News/AP Some have attempted to draw a link between Robinson and the far-right Groyper movement, a decentralized group of white nationalists who follow Nick Fuentes and coalesce online around obscure and extremist meme culture.
—Richard Hall, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
Another poster suggested, with no evidence, that the shooter may have been a Groyper, the term for followers of the white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who had publicly feuded with Kirk.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
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“White nationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20nationalist. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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