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rightist

/ˈɹaɪtɪst/

rightist noun: one who believes in the politics or policies of the political right.

Noun

rightist (plural rightists)

  1. One who believes in the politics or policies of the political right.
    • To summarize: on the average, rightists are made more anxious by ambiguity and have a stronger need for closure, dislike novelty, are more comforted by structure and hierarchy, more readily perceive circumstances as threatening, and are more parochial in their empathy.2017, Robert M Sapolsky, Behave
    Synonyms:
    right-winger
  2. (in-compounds) One who supports the rights of a specified group.
    • an animal rightist

Adjective

rightist (comparative more rightist, superlative most rightist)

  1. Of or pertaining to the political right.
    • Hearsay even got "freeped." "Freepers," followers of a rightist Web site called Free Republic, orchestrated a "Freeper Call to Action."2000 February 28, James V. Grimaldi, “Hearsay: The Lawyer's Column; Keeping Up With the Gundersons”, in The Washington Post
    • Whether a Hidalgo candidacy can galvanize the left and throw open an election in which Emmanuel Macron, the centrist president, and Marine Le Pen, the rightist candidate, remain favorites is unclear.2021 September 2, Roger Cohen, “The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2021

rightist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

rightist in Hindi

supporter of the political right
दक्षिणपंथी dakṣiṇpanthī

rightist in Tamil

வலதுசாரி

rightist in Urdu

دائیں بازو کا, قدامت پسند

rightist in Malayalam

rightist
വലത്തൻ valattaṉ
More languagesFewer languages
rightist in Punjabi
ਸੱਜਾ sajjā
rightist in Persian
راستگرا râst-gerâ

Synonyms of rightist

Forms of rightist

Noun
pluralrightists
Adjective
comparativemore rightist
superlativemost rightist

Origin of rightist

From right + -ist.

Words formed from rightist

Questions about rightist

What does rightist mean?
Rightist means one who believes in the politics or policies of the political right.
What is rightist in Hindi?
Rightist in Hindi is दक्षिणपंथी (dakṣiṇpanthī). See Rightist meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is rightist?
Rightist can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce rightist?
Rightist is pronounced /ˈɹaɪtɪst/.
What is the plural of rightist?
The plural of rightist is rightists.

Words near rightist in the dictionary

  1. rightings
  2. rightio
  3. rightish
  4. rightism
  5. rightisms
  6. rightist
  7. rightists
  8. rightle
  9. rightless
  10. rightlessness
  11. rightlier

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rightist (page history and authors); rightist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rightist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വലത്തൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਸੱਜਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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