ethnostate

noun

ethnostate

noun

Etymology From ethno- + state.

1

A political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group.

  • Richard Spencer and others fantasize about a white ethno-state — this is the Northwest Territorial Imperative, or Northwest Imperative, that would stretch from Montana to Oregon and Washington State.2019 August 6, Lauretta Charlton, “What Is the Great Replacement?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2020:
  • In an email to CNN, Gariépy denied a CBC news article’s characterization of him as supporting “ideas of white superiority and white ‘ethnostates,’” saying, “no proper context was provided by the journalist to understand the circumstances in which I discussed these subjects in the past.”2021 February 19, Rob Kuznia, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Sara Sidner and Mallory Simon, “How White nationalists evade the law and continue profiting off hate”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:
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  • “Typically, the ultimate goal of groups like ‘Hate Club’ is to turn America into a white ethnostate where white men are in power,” Segal told CNN via email “They consider themselves as both the last remaining bulwark against enemies of the white race and the only path to a white ethnostate.”2024 November 21, Nicquel Terry Ellis, “A neo-Nazi turf war may have just flared in Columbus, Ohio. Jewish, Black and elected leaders won’t stand for it”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2025:
Derived terms
ethnostatism
Related terms
nation-state

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