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alt-right

alt-right noun: an amorphous movement of right-wing white nationalists opposed to multiculturalism and egalitarianism by race and sex, mostly active on the Internet.

Noun (1)

alt-right (countable and uncountable, plural alt-rights)

  1. (uncountable) An amorphous movement of right-wing white nationalists opposed to multiculturalism and egalitarianism by race and sex, mostly active on the Internet.
    • 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...2003 March 31, Andrew Reeves, “Re: VDI: William F. Buckley Jr.”, in soc.history.what-if (Usenet), retrieved 16 Nov 2016, message-ID <fd61b1a1.0303310802.1540fd2f@posting.google.com>
    • "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...2016 August 14, Ross Douthat, “A Playboy for President”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2016
    Antonyms:
    alt-left
  2. (countable, rare) A member of the alt-right; an alt-righter.

Adjective

alt-right (comparative more alt-right, superlative most alt-right)

  1. Of or pertaining to the alt-right.

Noun (2) capitalized: alt-Right

alt-Right

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of alt-right.

alt-right meaning in Hindi, Arabic and Malay

alt-right in Hindi

group of right-wing ideologies
आल्ट-सही ālṭ-sahī

alt-right in Arabic

group of right-wing ideologies
اليمين البديل al-yamīn al-badīl

alt-right in Malay

group of right-wing ideologies
sayap kanan alternatif, alt-right

Examples of alt-right in a sentence

  • I would expect this alt-right to be a lot more vigorously opposed to the civil rights movement than OTL's.2003 March 31, Andrew Reeves, “Re: VDI: William F. Buckley Jr.”, in soc.history.what-if (Usenet), retrieved 16 Nov 2016, message-ID...
  • The alt-right in the strict sense will now become more isolated, more focused and unambiguous—and perhaps more militant.2017 August 15, Angela Nagle, “Goodbye, Pepe”, in The Baffler:

Synonyms of alt-right

Antonyms

Forms of alt-right

Noun
pluralalt-rights
alternative formalt-Right
alternative formalt right
Adjective
comparativemore alt-right
superlativemost alt-right

Origin of alt-right

Abbreviation of alternative right, equivalent to alt- + right, due to it being an alternative to conventional American right-wing and Republican ideologies. The word took its current meaning from a website called 'Alternative Right' created by Richard Spencer and Colin Liddell in 2010, being used only sporadically prior to 2010. The word became prominent in 2015 with the rise of Donald Trump. In 2025, the beginning of Trump's second term, many formerly distinctive alt-right positions have merged into the mainstream right.

Words formed from alt-right

Questions about alt-right

What does alt-right mean?
Alt-right means an amorphous movement of right-wing white nationalists opposed to multiculturalism and egalitarianism by race and sex, mostly active on the Internet.
What is alt-right in Hindi?
Alt-right in Hindi is आल्ट-सही (ālṭ-sahī). See Alt-right meaning in Hindi.
How do you use alt-right in a sentence?
I would expect this alt-right to be a lot more vigorously opposed to the civil rights movement than OTL's.
What part of speech is alt-right?
Alt-right can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of alt-right?
The plural of alt-right is alt-rights.

Words near alt-right in the dictionary

  1. alt-metal
  2. alt-middle
  3. alt-monthlies
  4. alt-monthly
  5. alt-pop
  6. alt-right
  7. alt-righter
  8. alt-righters
  9. alt-rightist
  10. alt-rightists
  11. alt-rights

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alt-right (page history and authors); alt-Right (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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