Rightward
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹaɪtwɚd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Rightward is an adjective meaning To or from the right.
Meaning
To or from the right.
Example Sentences
This is seen as abnormal rapid leftward motion of the septum during preejection followed by rightward (paradoxical) motion.
Most polls give the left, divided between Socialists, ecologists and far-left parties, less than 30 percent of the vote in a France drifting rightward. The once-proud “gauche” is in tatters.
Isaacson reports that Musk’s fractured relationship with Jenna, who is trans, partly led to Musk’s rightward turn toward libertarianism and questioning what he considers the “woke-mind-virus, which is fundamentally antiscience, antimerit, and antihuman.”
Antonyms for rightward
Common opposites include leftward.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clockwise, right, right-wing, leftward, leftwise, headward.
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