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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.



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Other Word Forms

  • white nationalist noun
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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)
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Example Sentences

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In some cases, tradwives’ advocacy extends to white nationalism and nativism.

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The creation of a white ethnostate is often seen as an ultimate goal of such white nationalism, which argues that white people form part of a genetically and culturally superior race deserving of protection and preservation.

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A major part of white nationalism today is focused on anti-immigrant hatred.

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They form part of a larger movement toward achieving white nationalism.

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We have reached the point in our burgeoning white nationalism when our high court has deemed brown synonymous with illegal, regardless of what country that pigment originated in.

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