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Princeton's WordNet

  1. right, right wingadjective

    those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

  2. rightist, right-wingadjective

    believing in or supporting tenets of the political right

Wiktionary

  1. right-wingadjective

    politically in favor of preserving traditional social orders and heirarchies, and/or government non-interference in economic affairs

  2. Etymology: From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.

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  1. right-wing

    Right-wing refers to a political ideology that often advocates for conservatism, traditional values, limited government intervention, and free-market capitalism. It typically emphasizes individual liberties, nationalism, and law and order. Right-wing beliefs vary widely among different countries and cultures, but these are some common themes. Please note that the definition can be subjective and used differently in different contexts.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of right-wing in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of right-wing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of right-wing in a Sentence

  1. Max Aschenbach:

    For years, politicians have failed to position themselves clearly and unequivocally against the right-wing extremists, and to outlaw them.

  2. George Goehl:

    A lot of journalism and a lot of Hollywood work portrays people's world views as liberal, moderate, right [ - wing ], but I don't think people sit in buckets that are that clean all the time, i think you could be hanging out with a pot-smoking, born-again Christian who believes in Medicare for all and is a climate denier. I know that guy.

  3. Bernie Sanders:

    Anti-Semitism is a hateful and dangerous ideology, which must be vigorously opposed in the United States and around the world, we must not, however, equate anti-Semitism with legitimate criticism of the right-wing, Netanyahu government in Israel. Rather, we must develop an evenhanded Middle East policy which brings Israelis and Palestinians together for a lasting peace.

  4. Joy Reid:

    I mean, the administration had made an estimate that the mandate would result in 22 million people getting vaccinated and prevent 250,000 hospitalizations. The usual six voted the way we would expect them to vote, the six right-wingers, at this point … have they not just simply stated by their actions that they are more in favor of right-wing politics … than they are in favor of saving lives? They don’t really care if this causes less people to die, clearly.

  5. Wasserman Schultz:

    Any opportunity they can to pull people’s eyes and ears away from that they take, the right-wing media circus fringe has immediately focused not on this run-of-the-mill investigation just reporting the facts, but jumped to outrageous egregious conclusions that they were trying to, that they have ties to terrorists and that they were stealing data.


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