adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to the political right.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rightist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɹaɪtɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
One who believes in the politics or policies of the political right.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: right-winger
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
One who supports the rights of a specified group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
Examples
- an animal rightist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
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: right-wing
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a member of a right wing political party
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: right-winger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conservative, conservativist
Narrower terms: fascist, monarchist, royalist, Tory
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English right Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English rightist From right + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: jobboldali — pertaining to the political right
- Hungarian: jobbos — pertaining to the political right
- Azerbaijani: sağçı — supporter of the political right
- Bulgarian: десничар (desničar) — supporter of the political right
- Catalan: dretà — supporter of the political right
- Catalan: dretana — supporter of the political right
- Chinese Mandarin: 右派 (yòupài) — supporter of the political right
- Czech: pravičák — supporter of the political right
- Danish: højreorienteret — supporter of the political right
- Dutch: rechtse — supporter of the political right
- Dutch: rechtser — supporter of the political right
- Finnish: oikeistolainen — supporter of the political right
- Georgian: მემარჯვენე (memarǯvene) — supporter of the political right
- German: Rechter — supporter of the political right
- German: Rechte — supporter of the political right
- Hindi: दक्षिणपंथी (dakṣiṇpanthī) — supporter of the political right
- Hungarian: jobboldali — supporter of the political right
- Hungarian: jobbos — supporter of the political right
- Kazakh: оңшыл (oñşyl) — supporter of the political right
- Persian: راستگرا (râst-gerâ) — supporter of the political right
- Portuguese: direitista — supporter of the political right
- Spanish: derechista — supporter of the political right
- Turkish: sağcı — supporter of the political right
- Finnish: oikeuksien puolustaja — supporter of the rights of a group
- Finnish: oikeusaktivisti — supporter of the rights of a group
- Hungarian: jogvédő — supporter of the rights of a group