white nationalism

[hwahyt nash-uh-nl-iz-uhm, nash-nuh-liz-uhm, wahyt]

noun

1. the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial and ethnic groups, and that in order to preserve their white, European, and Christian cultural identities, they need or deserve a segregated geographical area, preferential treatment, and special legal protections.

Other Word Forms

• white nationalist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of white nationalism¹

Coined by Thomas Chalmers Robertson (1907-89), South African ecologist, in his essay “Racism Comes to Power in South Africa: The Threat of White Nationalism” (1948)