alt-right

Meanings

Noun

• An amorphous group of right-wing ideologies opposed to multiculturalism and egalitarianism by race and sex, mostly active on the Internet; often supportive of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, white nationalism and white supremacy, adherence to which is sometimes claimed to be ironic.
• A member of the alt-right; an alt-righter.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the alt-right.

Origin

• Abbreviation of alternative 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.