hard right
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- noun
- Literature
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extrema derecha
- But outside of the hard right bubble, Americans saw Obama.
- hard right-wing
- hard right parties
- hard right conservatives
And with the right wing, hard right wing, you know, Larry Elder, we can't do this.
- And with the right wing, hard right wing, you know, Larry Elder, we can't do this.
Examples
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I believe that there are about 15% hard right and 15% hard left people in the country.
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B, the hard left poses a far greater danger to the American future than the hard right.
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In spite of being unhappy, maybe the hard right would vote for them anyway, having nowhere else to go.
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The extreme, hard right positioning of the GOP platform also extends to immigration policies.
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But let's be clear: the hard right and its backers define today's Republican Party.
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The party took a hard right turn and endorsed neo-liberal or trickle-down economics.
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Instead, you have a barely center-left party (Democrats) and a hard right party (Republicans).
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The election is between a Rockefeller Republican and a hard-right Bush Jr.
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The influence of the hard right is evident in the new legislation proposed by the party.
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Many candidates are courting the hard right voters to secure support in the upcoming election.
Synonyms
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People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
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Having very strong right-wing political views that oppose social change
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A person who refuses to change their beliefs, especially in politics
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A person with very strict traditional political views who strongly opposes social change
Antonyms
How Right-wing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositional: 'hard' here functions as an intensifier or 'hard-line' modifier and 'right' denotes conservative/political orientation, so together they yield 'very conservative' or 'extreme right'. This is a regular intensifier + political stance pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer.
Etymology
Hard right comes from a simple image: imagine steering sharply to the right; hard means very strong or forceful, so it shows moving far to the 'right' in politics. That's why it means the most extreme, very 'conservative' part of a party.