adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to the alt-right.
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alt-right
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noun
Meaning 2
An amorphous movement of right-wing white nationalists opposed to multiculturalism and egalitarianism by race and sex, mostly active on the Internet.
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Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: alternative right, dissident right
Antonyms: alt-left
noun
Meaning 3
A member of the alt-right; an alt-righter.
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Usage: countable, rare
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of alt-right.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اليمين البديل (al-yamīn al-badīl) — group of right-wing ideologies
- Basque: eskuin alternatibo — group of right-wing ideologies
- Catalan: dreta alternativa — group of right-wing ideologies
- Chinese Mandarin: 另類右派 /另类右派 (lìnglèi yòupài) — group of right-wing ideologies
- Czech: alternativní pravice — group of right-wing ideologies
- Danish: alternative højre — group of right-wing ideologies
- Danish: alt-right — group of right-wing ideologies
- Dutch: alt-right — group of right-wing ideologies
- Finnish: alt-right — group of right-wing ideologies
- Finnish: vaihtoehto-oikeisto — group of right-wing ideologies
- Finnish: vaihtoehtoinen oikeisto — group of right-wing ideologies
- French: alt-droite — group of right-wing ideologies
- French: alt-right — group of right-wing ideologies
- French: droite alternative américaine — group of right-wing ideologies
- German: alternative Rechte — group of right-wing ideologies
- German: alt-right — group of right-wing ideologies
- Greek: εναλλακτική δεξιά (enallaktikí dexiá) — group of right-wing ideologies
- Hindi: आल्ट-सही (ālṭ-sahī) — group of right-wing ideologies
- Hungarian: alternatív jobboldal — group of right-wing ideologies
- Hungarian: alt-jobb — group of right-wing ideologies
- Japanese: オルタナ右翼 (orutana uyoku) — group of right-wing ideologies
- Japanese: オルト・ライト (oruto raito) — group of right-wing ideologies
- Korean: 대안우파 (daeanupa) — group of right-wing ideologies
- Malay: sayap kanan alternatif — group of right-wing ideologies
- Malay: alt-right — group of right-wing ideologies
- Norwegian: alternativhøyre — group of right-wing ideologies
- Norwegian: alt-right — group of right-wing ideologies
- Polish: alt-right — group of right-wing ideologies
- Polish: neoreakcja — group of right-wing ideologies
- Portuguese: direita alternativa — group of right-wing ideologies
- Portuguese: alt-right — group of right-wing ideologies
- Russian: альтернативные правые (alʹternativnyje pravyje) — group of right-wing ideologies
- Russian: альт-правые (alʹt-pravyje) — group of right-wing ideologies
- Russian: альт-райт (alʹt-rajt) — group of right-wing ideologies
- Serbo-Croatian: alternativna desnica — group of right-wing ideologies
- Slovak: alternatívna pravica — group of right-wing ideologies
- Spanish: derecha alternativa — group of right-wing ideologies
- Swedish: alt-högern — group of right-wing ideologies
- Swedish: alt-right — group of right-wing ideologies
- Ukrainian: альтернативні праві (alʹternatyvni pravi) — group of right-wing ideologies
- Ukrainian: альт-праві (alʹt-pravi) — group of right-wing ideologies
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