Meanings
plural alt-righters
- neologismA member of the alt-right.
“Thanks for the free PR Hillary,” tweeted a self-described alt-righter. “The #alt-right will long remember the day you helped make us into the real right.”
2016 August 27, Maureen Dowd, “The Alt-Right Is All Wrong”, in The New York Times2 more examples
Not all alt-righters will agree with our taxonomy of the movement. Hacker and white nationalist Andrew Auernheimer, better known as weev, responded in typically jaw-dropping fashion to our enquiries: “The tireless attempts of you Jews to smear us decent Nazis is shameful.”
2016 March 29, Allum Bokhari and Milo Yiannopoulos, “An Establishment Conservative’s Guide To The Alt-Right”, in BreitbartMr. Trump disavowed the alt-righters once the excesses of Mr. Spencer’s conference went viral. But as a candidate, Mr. Trump called the government corrupt, assailed the Republican establishment, flouted almost every rule of political etiquette, racial and otherwise, and did so in a way that made the alt-righters trust his instincts.
2016 December 2, Christopher Caldwell, “What the Alt-Right Really Means”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: alt-rightist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of the alt-right.
Origin
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