rightist
noun[C]
politicsspecializeduk/ˈraɪ.tɪst/us/ˈraɪ.t̬ɪst/apoliticianwhosupportsthebeliefsof thepoliticalright,especiallytheextremeright:
Theelectionsweredominatedandwonby the rightists.
Theauthorwasknownto be aradicalrightist.
Synonym
right-winger(POLITICS)
Compare
leftistnounspecialized
lefty(POLITICS)informalmainlyUK
left-winger(POLITICS)
- Intriguingly, many of these new rightists were thechildrenofoldleftists.
- I wasexpelledfrom thePartyand waslabeleda rightist as well as abadelement.
- Why didn't a rightist get thejob?
Political movements & groups
- alt-right
- ANC
- anti-Bolshevik
- anti-Bolshevism
- anti-capitalism
- antidisestablishmentarianism
- Antifa
- awkward
- big tent
- labour movement
- left
- left-winger
- leftism
- right-winger
- sectarian
- sectarianism
- Sinn Fein
- the awkward gangidiom
- the left wing
- the SDLP
rightist
adjective
politicsspecializeduk/ˈraɪ.tɪst/us/ˈraɪ.t̬ɪst/supportingthebeliefsof thepoliticalright,especiallytheextremeright, orrelatingto suchbeliefs:
aprominentrightist Senator右派的;右翼的
Rightistopportunism, hefears, candilutetheentireprocess.
- It has alsobenefitedfromcontroversialallianceswith other rightistparties.
- Drugmoneyfuelledthe three-waywaramongleftistguerrillas, rightistparamilitaries, and thearmy.
- Thecommonsentiment- "Thebadpeopleruinit for all therestof us" -capturesmuch of the rightist worldview.
Political movements & groups
- alt-right
- ANC
- anti-Bolshevik
- anti-Bolshevism
- anti-capitalism
- antidisestablishmentarianism
- Antifa
- awkward
- big tent
- labour movement
- left
- left-winger
- leftism
- right-winger
- sectarian
- sectarianism
- Sinn Fein
- the awkward gangidiom
- the left wing
- the SDLP