Right-wing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Right-wing is an adjective meaning (politics) Of a view, group, or ideology: emphasizing conservatism, traditional values, free-market capitalism, and limited government intervention.
Meaning
(politics) Of a view, group, or ideology: emphasizing conservatism, traditional values, free-market capitalism, and limited government intervention.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- rightwing
Synonyms for right-wing
Depending on context, synonyms include conservative, right, rightish, Tory, rightist.
Antonyms for right-wing
Common opposites include left-wing, leftish, liberal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rightist, right, far-right, leftist, left-wing, rightwing.
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