ultra-rightist
adjective
mainlydisapproving(alsoultra-Rightist,ultrarightist)uk/ˌʌl.trəˈraɪ.tɪst/us/ˌʌl.trəˈraɪ.tɪst/having orrelatingtoopinionsthat are on theextremepoliticalright:
He was thefounderof an ultra-rightistpartyin Spain.
The ultrarightistdreamofrecreatingamilitaristnationafter thewarneverhappened.
Synonym
ultra-right
- People from the ultra-rightistpartyattendedaprotestrallyin Thessaloniki.
- OpinionpollsinWesternEuropeshowedamarkedincreaseinhostilityto the country's ultra-rightistregime.
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- lab
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- overstep
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- subsidiarity
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
ultra-rightist
noun[C]
mainlydisapproving(alsoultra-Rightist,ultrarightist)uk/ˌʌl.trəˈraɪ.tɪst/us/ˌʌl.trəˈraɪ.tɪst/apersonwho hasopinionsthat are on theextremepoliticalright:
He was an ultra-rightist who had beensentencedfor themurderin 1980 of aleft-wingstudent.
Supporters of the ultrarightistgatheredtocelebratehisvictory.
Compare
ultra-rightnoun
- The ultra-Rightist wasassassinatedon 13July.
- Theresultisimportant: an ultra-rightistwon42% of thevote.
- He was asuccessfulbusinessmanand a well-known ultrarightist.
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
- rightist
- sectarian
- sectarianism
- the awkward gangidiom
- the left wing
- the SDLP