"right-wing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more right-wing [comparative], most right-wing [superlative]
Etymology: From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution. Head templates: {{en-adj}} right-wing (comparative more right-wing, superlative most right-wing)
  1. (politics) Of political ideologies: opposing political and social equality, especially conservative, traditional, and/or reactionary politics. Wikipedia link: right-wing politics Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: rightish, right, conservative (english: particularly US) [Canada, UK], Tory (english: particularly the UK), rightwing, right wing Hyponyms: aristocratic, conservative, monarchist, reactionary, theocratic Derived forms: right-wing socialism, RWNJ Related terms: right wing, right-winger Translations (resisting political change): dretà [masculine] (Catalan), dreter [masculine] (Catalan), 右派 (yòupài) (Chinese Mandarin), 右翼 (yòuyì) (Chinese Mandarin), pravicový (Czech), rechts (Dutch), høgravendur (Faroese), oikeisto- (Finnish), oikeistolainen (Finnish), droitier (French), droit (French), dereitista (Galician), rechte (German), rechtsgerichtet (German), δεξιός (dexiós) (Greek), दक्षिण-पंथ (dakṣiṇ-panth) (Hindi), दक्षिण-पंथी (dakṣiṇ-panthī) (Hindi), den eite deis (Irish), 右派 (uha) (alt: うは) (Japanese), 右翼 (uyoku) (alt: うよく) (Japanese), 우익 (u'ik) (alt: 右翼) (Korean), 우파 (upa) (alt: 右派) (Korean), labējs (Latvian), de direita (Portuguese), de dreapta (Romanian), пра́вый (právyj) (Russian), derechista (Spanish), höger- (Swedish), ฝ่ายขวา (fàai-kwǎa) (Thai), asgell dde (Welsh), adain dde (Welsh)

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "resisting political change",
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      "sense": "resisting political change",
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