Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. politics politically in favor of preserving traditional social orders and heirarchies, and/or government non-interference in economic affairs
WordNet 3.0
- adj. believing in or supporting tenets of the political right
Etymologies
- From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But when Brooks or Charles Murray or Robert Rector deploy their behavioral explanations for poverty it's done because it's a great justification for the long-term right-wing project of tearing apart what's left of the social safety net.”
The Huffington Post: Joseph A. Palermo: David Brooks's Anti-Poverty Program: "Bourgeois Paternalism"
“TSC has been called a right-wing front group funded by the pharmaceutical industry and developed through the direct mail business of its founder, Richard Viguerie.”
“Norwegian police said Saturday that the death toll from Friday's attacks has risen to 91 and confirmed that they have arrested a suspect whom they described as a right-wing Christian fundamentalist.”
“The bias of major media toward the presumptively authentic expression right-wing populism, in comparison with its general disdain for left-wing protest movements, certainly influenced the initial disparate levels of coverage.”
The Huffington Post: Jonathan Weiler: The Media and the Five Stages of Grief Over Occupy Wall Street
“Newt Gingrich, in an unguarded moment on Meet the Press, called the idea right-wing social engineering, no better than left wing social engineering.”
“During her years as France's first lady between 1981 and 1995, she publicly defended opponents to Latin American right-wing dictatorships, as well Palestinian leaders and antiapartheid activists in South Africa.”
The Wall Street Journal: Wife of Former French Leader Mitterrand Dies
“However, comments made in German right-wing extremist online discussion forums after the news broke suggested that some members were impressed by the strategy of "Exit Deutschland.”
“Much of the criticism is focused on describing the candidates as lackeys to the Tea Party, which establishment Democrats have classified as right-wing zealots bent on destroying the U.S.”
“Referring to the right-wing British group the English Defence League, Breivik added: "I wonder sometimes if one of the EDL founders was one of the co-founders of the Knights Templar, I guess I'll never know for sure.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Norway suspect described as right-wing Christian; death toll hits 91”
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