English

Alternative forms

• alt-Right
• alt right

Noun

alt-right ‎(uncountable)

1. (chiefly US) An amorphous group of right-wing ideologies opposed to multiculturalism and egalitarianism by race and gender; often supportive of white nationalism and white supremacy.
   • 2003 March 31, Reeves, Andrew, “Re: VDI: William F. Buckley Jr.”, in soc.history.what-if, Usenet, retrieved 2016-11-16, message-ID <fd61b1a1.0303310802.1540fd2f@posting.google.com>:

     So a right without a Buckley will probably be smaller, and uglier to boot. I would expect this alt-right to be a lot more vigorously opposed to the civil rights movement than OTL's. It will also be much less relevant, and probably not snag a certain Californian actor. I predict, then, that America, on the whole, looks a bit more like a Western European social democracy, but with a right wing that looks (hmm...thinking...) well, looks almost fascist.

   • 2016, Ross Douthat, "A Playboy for President," The New York Times, 14 Aug.

     "But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and 'woke' dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female 'Ghostbusters' and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay."

Synonyms

• alternative right, alt right, alt-Right

Related terms

• alt-righter