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reich-wing en · ADJ

Etymology

Blend of Reich + right-wing, with the intent being to convey the view that the political right shares qualities with the Third Reich, being extreme, fascistic, etc.

Meanings

1. (US, derogatory, slang) Right-wing.
   • I love the love and support of America; it is what sustains me through these very difficult times and the reich-wing smear campaign. 2005, Cindy Sheehan, Not One More Mother's Child, Koa Books, →ISBN, page 139:
   • But the hidden costs of our overcompensatory hypermacho are worse, far worse, than a few politicians slimed by Reich-wing pundits or dirty-tricks campaigns. 2012, Mark Dery, I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: Drive-By Essays on American Dread, American Dreams, University of Minnesota Press (2012) →ISBN, page 63
   • So, you reich-wing HypoChristians might want to remove the beam from your own eye before attempting to remove the speck from your neighbor's eye. 2006 October 11, none [username], “Re: Neither Liberal Nor Hypocrisy”, in alt.society.liberalism (Usenet):

Forms

Relateds

reichturd · reich winger · reichtard

Synonyms

far right · ultraconservative