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right-wing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.

Meanings

  1. Of a view, group, or ideology: emphasizing conservatism, traditional values, free-market capitalism, and limited government intervention.
    • From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified. 2007 July 13, Kyle Whitmire, “Suit in U.S. Over Murders in Colombia”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021:
    • It should be noted that there is now no intelligentsia that is not in some sense "Left". Perhaps the last right-wing intellectual was T. E. Lawrence. Since about 1930 everyone describable as an “intellectual” has lived in a state of chronic discontent with the existing order. 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most right-wing Degree=Sup lexicographic
rightwing alternative lexicographic
right wing alternative lexicographic
more right-wing Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

liberal · left-wing · leftish

Deriveds

right-wing socialism · right-wing populism · reich-wing · RWNJ

Relateds

right-winger · right wing

Synonyms

conservative · right · Tory · rightish

Translations (37)

eo dekstruma (resisting political change) · nl rechts (resisting political change) · ka მემარჯვენე (resisting political change) · de rechtsgerichtet (resisting political change) · cmn 右翼 (resisting political change) · ja 右翼 (resisting political change) · ru пра́вый (resisting political change) · lv labējs (resisting political change) · cy asgell dde (resisting political change) · fr droitier (resisting political change) · cy adain dde (resisting political change) · ko 우파 (resisting political change) · fo høgravendur (resisting political change) · fi oikeisto- (resisting political change) · ja 右派 (resisting political change) · ar يَمِينِيّ (resisting political change) · ms sayap kanan (resisting political change) · cmn 右派 (resisting political change) · el δεξιός (resisting political change) · vi hữu phái (resisting political change) · pt de direita (resisting political change) · cs pravicový (resisting political change) · gl dereitista (resisting political change) · sv höger- (resisting political change) · ca dreter (resisting political change) · ca dretà (resisting political change) · fr droit (resisting political change) · fi oikeistolainen (resisting political change) · vi cánh hữu (resisting political change) · es derechista (resisting political change) · hi दक्षिण-पंथी (resisting political change) · hi दक्षिण-पंथ (resisting political change) · ga den eite deis (resisting political change) · ro de dreapta (resisting political change) · th ฝ่ายขวา (resisting political change) · de rechte (resisting political change) · ko 우익 (resisting political change)