right-wing en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most right-wing | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| rightwing | alternative | lexicographic | |
| right wing | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more right-wing | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
right-wing socialism · right-wing populism · reich-wing · RWNJ
Relateds
Synonyms
conservative · right · Tory · rightish
Translations (37)
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