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right-wing

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of a view, group, or ideology: emphasizing conservatism, traditional values, free-market capitalism, and limited government intervention.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conservative, right, rightish, Tory

Antonyms: left-wing, leftish, liberal

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

believing in or supporting tenets of the political right

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rightist

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يَمِينِيّ (yamīniyy) — resisting political change
  • Catalan: dretà — resisting political change
  • Catalan: dreter — resisting political change
  • Chinese Mandarin: 右派 (yòupài) — resisting political change
  • Chinese Mandarin: 右翼 (yòuyì) — resisting political change
  • Czech: pravicový — resisting political change
  • Dutch: rechts — resisting political change
  • Esperanto: dekstruma — resisting political change
  • Faroese: høgravendur — resisting political change
  • Finnish: oikeisto- — resisting political change
  • Finnish: oikeistolainen — resisting political change
  • French: droitier — resisting political change
  • French: droit — resisting political change
  • Galician: dereitista — resisting political change
  • Georgian: მემარჯვენე (memarǯvene) — resisting political change
  • German: rechte — resisting political change
  • German: rechtsgerichtet — resisting political change
  • Greek: δεξιός (dexiós) — resisting political change
  • Hindi: दक्षिण-पंथ (dakṣiṇ-panth) — resisting political change
  • Hindi: दक्षिण-पंथी (dakṣiṇ-panthī) — resisting political change
  • Irish: den eite deis — resisting political change
  • Japanese: 右派 (uha) — resisting political change
  • Japanese: 右翼 (uyoku) — resisting political change
  • Korean: 우익 (u'ik) — resisting political change
  • Korean: 우파 (upa) — resisting political change
  • Latvian: labējs — resisting political change
  • Malay: sayap kanan — resisting political change
  • Portuguese: de direita — resisting political change
  • Romanian: de dreapta — resisting political change
  • Russian: пра́вый (právyj) — resisting political change
  • Spanish: derechista — resisting political change
  • Swedish: höger- — resisting political change
  • Thai: ฝ่ายขวา (fàai-kwǎa) — resisting political change
  • Vietnamese: hữu phái — resisting political change
  • Vietnamese: cánh hữu — resisting political change
  • Welsh: asgell dde — resisting political change
  • Welsh: adain dde — resisting political change
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