Right-winger
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Right-winger is a noun meaning (politics) A person who belongs to the political right.
Meaning
(politics) A person who belongs to the political right.
More Meanings
- A member of the right wing of a party or group.
- (sports) A winger who plays on the right.
Example Sentences
Analyses that used to exist only in arcane feminist journals are now common among right wingers and are being institutionalized as law and public policy.
The ruling led to calls from the right of the Conservative Party to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a prospect that has loomed over the government for months and has caused deep rifts between centrists and right-wingers in Britain’s ruling party.
Word Forms
- right-wingers
Synonyms for right-winger
Depending on context, synonyms include rightist, rightie, righty, rightoid.
Antonyms for right-winger
Common opposites include left-winger, leftist, leftie, lefty, leftoid.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rightist, rightwinger, left-winger, rightoid, righturd, far-rightist.
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