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antirightist

antirightist noun: a member of the Anti-Rightist Movement, a Chinese movement of the late 1950s involving a series of campaigns to purge alleged "rightists" (those intellectuals who appeared to favour capitalism and were against collectivization) within the Communist Party of China and abroad.

Noun

antirightist (plural antirightists)

  1. (historical) A member of the Anti-Rightist Movement, a Chinese movement of the late 1950s involving a series of campaigns to purge alleged "rightists" (those intellectuals who appeared to favour capitalism and were against collectivization) within the Communist Party of China and abroad.

Forms of antirightist

pluralantirightists

Origin of antirightist

From anti- + rightist.

Questions about antirightist

What does antirightist mean?
Antirightist means a member of the Anti-Rightist Movement, a Chinese movement of the late 1950s involving a series of campaigns to purge alleged "rightists" (those intellectuals who appeared to favour capitalism and were against collectivization) within the Communist Party of China and abroad.
What part of speech is antirightist?
Antirightist is a noun.
What is the plural of antirightist?
The plural of antirightist is antirightists.

Words near antirightist in the dictionary

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  2. antiricin
  3. antirickets
  4. antirickettsial
  5. antirickettsials
  6. antirightist
  7. antirightists
  8. antirights
  9. Antirio
  10. Antirion
  11. antiriot

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