dissident right

Meaning

Noun

• Far-right political groups who oppose mainstream conservatism, promoting more radical beliefs such as opposition to LGBT people and non-White identity politics, anti-Semitism, white nationalism and white supremacy, and traditionalist nationalism.

Origin

• Coined by American nationalists and white supremacists to make their movement more attractive to disaffected youths. The term referred to them being "dissidents" against either perceived leftist influence in modern Western society, or conservatives who did not support them or failed their standards.