The
alt-right, or
alternative right, is a loosely defined group of
people with
far-right ideologies who reject
mainstream conservatism in favor of
white nationalism, principally in the
United States, but also to a lesser degree in
Canada and
Europe.[SUP]
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Paul Gottfried is the first person to use the term "alternative right", when referring specifically to developments within American right-wing politics, in 2008.[SUP]
[5][/SUP] The term has since gained wide currency with the rise of the so-called "alt-right".
White supremacist[SUP]
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Richard Spencer coined the term in 2010 in reference to a movement centered on
white nationalism, and did so according to the
Associated Press to disguise overt
racism,
white supremacism, and
neo-Nazism.[SUP]
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[8][/SUP] The term drew considerable media attention and controversy during and after the
2016 US presidential election.[SUP]
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Alt-right
beliefs have been described as
isolationist,
protectionist,
antisemitic, and white supremacist,[SUP]
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Neo-Nazism,[SUP]
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nativism and
Islamophobia,[SUP]
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antifeminism and
homophobia,[SUP]
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right-wing populism,[SUP]
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[25][/SUP] and the
neoreactionary movement.[SUP]
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[26][/SUP] The concept has further been associated with multiple groups from
American nationalists, neo-
monarchists,
men's rights advocates, and the
2016 presidential campaign of
Donald Trump.[SUP]
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