Alt-light
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Alt-light is a noun meaning (Internet, derogatory) A nebulous grouping of far-right people and ideologies, mostly active on the internet, who are largely aligned with the alt-right but reject explicit white nationalism and anti-Semitism.
Meaning
(Internet, derogatory) A nebulous grouping of far-right people and ideologies, mostly active on the internet, who are largely aligned with the alt-right but reject explicit white nationalism and anti-Semitism.
Example Sentences
It [new atheism] was one of the predecessors to the alt-light, with an underlying Christopher Hitchens style of hitting out at the irrational and the faithful.
He is also adored by figures on the so-called alt-light (basically the “alt-right” without the sieg heils and the white ethnostate), including Mike Cernovich, Gavin McInnes and Paul Joseph Watson.
Word Forms
- alt-lite
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alt-rightist, alt-righter, alt-right, nazlib, neonazi, antisemitism.
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