alt-light

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Blend of alt-right +‎ light.

Noun

alt-light (uncountable)

  1. (politics, Internet, derogatory) A nebulous grouping of people and ideologies, mostly active on the internet, aligned with the alt-right but considered inauthentic by some in the alt-right.
    Coordinate terms: alt-right, alt-center, alt-left
    • 2018 February 7, Dorian Lynskey, “How dangerous is Jordan B Peterson, the rightwing professor who 'hit a hornets' nest'?”, in The Guardian‎:
      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.
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