rightward
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- adjective
- /ˈraɪt.wɚd/
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hacia la derecha
- However, Tiffert still favored a rightward drift.
- rightward shift
Examples
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Today the Democratic Party still reflects that rightward turn, and most leadership is from that mold, including Obama.
Blog text (25) -
Due to the outliers (discounts in excess of 70%), the distribution of the data shows a slight rightward (negative) asymmetry.
Academic text (2016) -
Well, one of the most famous countries in the world, we just went rightward and the world is seeing it.
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That's the only way to continue to overcome the rightward shift.
Blog text (4) -
From these heatmaps, the rightward drift trend is clear.
Blog text (25) -
The 2006 election results were ambiguous, with a slight rightward shift in the Senate race and a leftward shift in the House race.
Academic text (2007) -
The Republican role is fairly clear; the Republicans apply the torque that rotates the thing rightward.
Blog text (22) -
Chinese officials and scholars mutter darkly about a rightward lurch in Japanese politics.
Blog text (6) -
Public lobbyists form a self-consciously coherent group that has proved immune to the generally rightward drift of most of its generation.
Academic text (1992) -
The path led rightward, towards the bright lights of the city.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rightward comes from right, meaning the side that is not left, and the ending -ward meaning 'toward', like in forward and homeward. So to go rightward is to move 'toward the right' in space.