right
- adjective
- /raɪt/
- The faction that we have labeled as "the union right" represents El Salvador's corporatist union tradition.
- right-wing
- left and right
- a right-wing party
I I'm not saying that I'm not saying in the way of right wing paranoiacs that they are evil people who want to destroy American way of life.
- I I'm not saying that I'm not saying in the way of right wing paranoiacs that they are evil people who want to destroy American way of life.
Examples
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Representatives of the so-called alt-right, a white-nationalist movement, are trying to recruit students.
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Right-wing blogs linked to the left-wing blogs, which linked back to the right-wingers, who tweeted their dismay.
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So if you are a Republican right now, you are living your best pro-life.
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The social democrats and the center-right are equally responsible for the mess we are in today.
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Socialist governments carry out neoliberal economic policies while right-of-center governments expand social welfare.
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Still, the Clinton administration's critics are right about one thing: the current containment regime is falling apart.
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And South Stream also dovetails with the Kremlin's new courting of right-wing political movements in the region.
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In recent elections, the right-wing candidates won a majority in several states.
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The right party has proposed new policies that favor traditional family values.
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Many citizens believe that the right views on economics promote greater prosperity.
Synonyms
Having conservative political views that support lower taxes and stricter immigration rules
Being slightly supportive of conservative political ideas
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A punishment that someone deserves because of their own wrong actions
- Jargon
A place to the right of the stage where actors wait out of view of the audience
Compounds
- Formal
A right that a country's most important law gives and protects, for example free speech
People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
- Formal
Freedom from other people entering your personal life without permission
- Formal
A right for someone accused of a crime to have a lawyer, including a free one if they cannot pay
- Literature
A political group in the United States that wants laws to follow conservative religious beliefs
A player who plays on the right side of the outfield and catches balls hit there
- Specialized
Part of the brain that controls the left side of the body and helps with creativity and understanding space
An understanding of what is right and wrong that guides a person's actions
- Formal
A right under the law to be left alone and not have personal matters made public
A very large whale with baleen that lives in cold coastal waters and is endangered
- Specialized
An object's eastward angle along the sky's equator used to find its position, shown in hours
- Specialized
The half of the brain on the right that controls the left side and helps with visual and creative thinking
- Specialized
The top right part of the heart that receives blood without oxygen from the body
- Specialized
The lower part of the heart on the right that pumps blood to the lungs
- Specialized
A legal right that lets an inventor stop others from making, using, or selling an invention for a set time
A baseball player who throws the ball to the batter with their right hand
- Formal
A legal and moral claim to be free from unfair arrest and official control
A political idea that kings get their power from God and are not controlled by their people
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood to the right side of the heart
- Formal
A married person's legal claim to live with and be close to their partner
A person with very strict traditional political views who strongly opposes social change
Permission for a prisoner to have private visits with their spouse for sex
- Literature
A country or organization that strongly supports democracy and freedom worldwide
- Specialized
A valve with three flaps between the right upper and lower chambers of the heart that stops blood flowing backward
- Formal
A choice a surviving spouse makes to take either what the will gives or the legal share of the estate
- Formal
The only right to be the first to make a work public and sell it
How Right
Surface Forms
Etymology
Right for political views got its name from people sitting on the 'right' side in old political meetings, so the word now labels conservative or traditional positions.