right-wing
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right-wing
Where it comes from
From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.
adjective more right-wing · most right-wing · rightwing · right wing
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Of a view, group, or ideology: emphasizing conservatism, traditional values, free-market capitalism, and limited government intervention.
It should be noted that there is now no intelligentsia that is not in some sense "Left". Perhaps the last right-wing intellectual was T. E. Lawrence. Since about 1930 everyone describable as an “intellectual” has lived in a state of chronic discontent with the existing order.
Similar: conservative, right, rightish, Tory · Opposite: left-wing, leftish, liberal
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adj resisting political change
| Español | derechista |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 우익 u'ik, 우파 upa |
| 日本語 | 右派 uha, 右翼 uyoku |
| 中文 | 右派 yòupài, 右翼 yòuyì |
| हिन्दी | दक्षिण-पंथ dakṣiṇ-panth, दक्षिण-पंथी dakṣiṇ-panthī |
| Português | de direita |
| Français | droitier, droit |
| Deutsch | rechte, rechtsgerichtet |
| Ελληνικά | δεξιός dexiós |
| Română | de dreapta |
| Русский | пра́вый právyj |
| Tiếng Việt | hữu phái, cánh hữu |
| العربية | يَمِينِيّ yamīniyy |
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