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right wing

right wing is the alternative form of right-wing.

Noun

right wing (plural right wings)

  1. The wing on the right side of some body, most commonly part of a pair
    • Use one strand of Light Yellow floss to make little fly stitches in the bee's right wing. Use Taupe floss to backstitch the bee's body. Use one strand of Taupe floss and a straight stitch to make the bee's legs.2020 September 1, Meg Hawkey, Blooms and Blossoms: Sweet Stitcheries Picked from Nature, Martingale, →ISBN, page 61
  2. The more right-wing faction of a group or party.
    • Sunak seems so scared of his party's swivel-eyed right wing that he has been panicked into focusing all new legislation on perceived 'red meat' issues which he hopes the Tory right will support.2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3
  3. The right-hand side of a sports field.
  4. The rightward thrusting force of an advancing army.
    • Only make the right wing strong.
  5. The offensive player who plays to the center's right.

Meaning of right-wing

Adjective

right-wing (comparative more right-wing, superlative most right-wing)

  1. 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.1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn

Antonyms of right wing

Forms of right wing

Adjective
comparativemore right wing
superlativemost right wing
Noun
pluralright wings

Questions about right wing

What does right wing mean?
Right wing means the wing on the right side of some body, most commonly part of a pair.
What is right wing the alternative form of?
Right wing is the alternative form of right-wing.
What part of speech is right wing?
Right wing is a noun.
What is the plural of right wing?
The plural of right wing is right wings.

Words near right wing in the dictionary

  1. right up someone's alley
  2. right whale
  3. right whale dolphin
  4. right whale dolphins
  5. right whales
  6. right wing
  7. right wings
  8. right you are
  9. right, left and center
  10. right, left and centre
  11. right, title and interest

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