right wing
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3.8
- noun
- /raɪt wɪŋ/
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- The right wing of the political party supports traditional values and minimal change.
- a right wing party
- the extreme right wing
- a right wing group
This is a nuance that the right wing doesn't understand.
- This is a nuance that the right wing doesn't understand.
- But right now, the right wing, and this is where we're different.
- Of course the right wing is on Team Trump.
- But this was the narrative that was coming from the right wing.
- Maybe some good news is it's not just people on the right wing who are starting to realize this.
Examples
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Ultimately, he lost both public support and the backing of the right wing of the Republican Party.
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So some people have labeled you, Lawrence, a right wing conspiracy theorist.
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Of course the right wing is on Team Trump.
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We hear so much about values, particularly family values, from the right wing.
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Do you think Trump and this right wing populism is here to stay?
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Because the conservative white right wing of America is trying to take us back to the '50s.
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Both men just happen to be Catholic, but that wasn't relevant as far as the right wing was concerned.
Academic text (2007) -
The definition of socialism, as the U.S. right wing understands it, is a moving target.
Blog text (4) -
This is an ultra-right wing group of anti-Communist fanatics.
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As Ayodhya has shown, the right wing is bigoted, communal, and exclusionary.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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4.6
People or parties who support conservative views
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4.4
A person who does not want big changes and likes traditional values
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5.4
A person who supports conservative or traditional political ideas
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7.2
A person who supports conservative political ideas
Antonyms
How Conservative
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional from 'right' (conservative) + 'wing' (faction or branch), so a learner who knows those constituent senses can infer it denotes the conservative faction or group. This political compound is cross-linguistically common and follows a transparent formation pattern, making it immediately understandable to B1 learners who know the parts.
Etymology
One popular story says the term right wing comes from old political meetings, where people who wanted to keep things the same sat on the right side and made one wing of the room. That's why right wing now means people who are 'conservative'.