"religious right" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: religious rights [plural]
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  1. (uncountable, chiefly US) Right-wing, religious (especially Christian) political movements characterized by their support of socially conservative policies. Tags: US, uncountable Categories (topical): Conservatism, Law, Politics, Theocracy Coordinate_terms (political movements): Christian right, Hindu right, Jewish right, Muslim right
    Sense id: en-religious_right-en-noun-UDc-HnbG Disambiguation of Conservatism: 96 4 Disambiguation of Law: 68 32 Disambiguation of Politics: 100 0 Disambiguation of Theocracy: 80 20 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'political movements': 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: The right for someone to practice their religion. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Religion Coordinate_terms (right to practice religion): civil rights, human right, freedom of belief, freedom of religion
    Sense id: en-religious_right-en-noun-N2S5lh4Z Disambiguation of Religion: 27 73 Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename Disambiguation of 'right to practice religion': 27 73

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