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RIGHTIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a right wing political party
Synonyms:
right-winger; rightist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rightist" is a kind of...):
conservative; conservativist (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rightist"):
monarchist; royalist (an advocate of the principles of monarchy)
Tory (a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative)
Derivation:
right wing (those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged)
rightism (the ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political right)
rightist (believing in or supporting tenets of the political right)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Believing in or supporting tenets of the political right
Synonyms:
right-wing; rightist
Classified under:
Similar:
right (of or belonging to the political or intellectual right)
Derivation:
rightist (a member of a right wing political party)
