Meanings
comparative more right-wing · superlative most right-wing · alternative rightwing · alternative right wing
- governmentOf a view, group, or ideology: emphasizing conservatism, traditional values, free-market capitalism, and limited government intervention.
From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified.
2007 July 13, Kyle Whitmire, “Suit in U.S. Over Murders in Colombia”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 20211 more example
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.
1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the UnicornSynonyms: conservative, right, rightish, Tory · Antonyms: left-wing, leftish, liberal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a view, group, or ideology: emphasizing conservatism, traditional values, free-market capitalism, and limited government intervention.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic يَمِينِيّ
- يَمِينِيّ (yamīniyy)resisting political change
Catalan dretà, dreter
- dretàresisting political change
- dreterresisting political change
Chinese Mandarin 右派, 右翼
- 右派 (yòupài)resisting political change
- 右翼 (yòuyì)resisting political change
Czech pravicový
- pravicovýresisting political change
Dutch rechts
- rechtsresisting political change
Esperanto dekstruma
- dekstrumaresisting political change
Finnish oikeisto-, oikeistolainen
- oikeisto-resisting political change
- oikeistolainenresisting political change
French droitier, droit
- droitierresisting political change
- droitresisting political change
German rechte, rechtsgerichtet
- rechteresisting political change
- rechtsgerichtetresisting political change
Greek δεξιός
- δεξιός (dexiós)resisting political change
Hindi दक्षिण-पंथ, दक्षिण-पंथी
- दक्षिण-पंथ (dakṣiṇ-panth)resisting political change
- दक्षिण-पंथी (dakṣiṇ-panthī)resisting political change
Irish den eite deis
- den eite deisresisting political change
Japanese 右派, 右翼
- 右派 (uha)resisting political change
- 右翼 (uyoku)resisting political change
Korean 우익, 우파
- 우익 (u'ik)resisting political change
- 우파 (upa)resisting political change
Latvian labējs
- labējsresisting political change
Malay sayap kanan
- sayap kananresisting political change
Portuguese de direita
- de direitaresisting political change
Romanian de dreapta
- de dreaptaresisting political change
Russian пра́вый
- пра́вый (právyj)resisting political change
Spanish derechista
- derechistaresisting political change
Swedish höger-
- höger-resisting political change
Thai ฝ่ายขวา
- ฝ่ายขวา (fàai-kwǎa)resisting political change
Vietnamese hữu phái, cánh hữu
- hữu pháiresisting political change
- cánh hữuresisting political change
Welsh asgell dde, adain dde
- asgell dderesisting political change
- adain dderesisting political change
Cite this entry
right-wing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/right-wing
“right-wing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/right-wing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “right-wing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/right-wing.
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