right
- noun
- /raɪt/
- The Alt Right, the Far Right, you can call us whatever you want, we're deadly serious about seizing power, about changing society completely.
- the political right
- right-wing
- the far right
than those on the right of the political spectrum.
- than those on the right of the political spectrum.
- A lot of them have switched to the far right Afd party.
- Well, the, the right is always been a fusion.
- So what they're doing to people on the right will never happen to them.
- In the US, you've gone to the right.
- We have one of them, which is the challenge both from the left and the right to their progress.
Examples
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And yet, it is the right that has been consistently gaining political power.
Academic text (2011) -
A lot of them have switched to the far right Afd party.
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The further toward the right you are, the less he likes you.
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And let's say that people on the far right were really angry about that.
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The swing to the right has gone so far that there must be a change.
Academic text (1990) -
Fox News, which would go on to become the number one news station in the United States and swing America even more to the right.
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OK, so today we're talking about the resurgent right in the West.
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You'll find I'm to the right of the pope on most of these issues.
Fiction book (1998) -
The four justices on the right with their hands up voted to legalize abortion, while the three on the left, including Chief Justice Burger, were supporting life.
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The Christian right has gained influence in recent elections.
Synonyms
People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
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-wing
- Literature
- US
Surface Forms
Etymology
Right for the political group comes from the habit of supporters sitting on the 'right' in assemblies, so 'the Right' now names people or parties with conservative beliefs.