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  • noun A person who is radically conservative politically; one whose political viewpoints are very rightwing

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Examples

  • Many on the left here loved Hitler too until he turned on their beloved USSR, and suddenly he was relegated to being called a rightwinger instead of just another horrible offshoot of the socialist international movement.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Paul Hollander on the Fall of Communism 2009

  • Many on the left here loved Hitler too until he turned on their beloved USSR, and suddenly he was relegated to being called a rightwinger instead of just another horrible offshoot of the socialist international movement.geokstrQuote

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Paul Hollander on the Fall of Communism 2009

  • "One does not have to be a so-called rightwinger to recognise this basic truth," the organisation said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Michael Goodwin, hardly someone who would be identified as a rightwinger, wondered out loud if there may indeed be something to the building narrative:

    QandO 2009

  • Michael Goodwin, hardly someone who would be identified as a rightwinger, wondered out loud if there may indeed be something to the building narrative:

    QandO 2009

  • Michael Goodwin, hardly someone who would be identified as a rightwinger, wondered out loud if there may indeed be something to the building narrative:

    QandO 2009

  • Michael Goodwin, hardly someone who would be identified as a rightwinger, wondered out loud if there may indeed be something to the building narrative:

    QandO 2009

  • Michael Goodwin, hardly someone who would be identified as a rightwinger, wondered out loud if there may indeed be something to the building narrative:

    QandO 2009

  • Michael Goodwin, hardly someone who would be identified as a rightwinger, wondered out loud if there may indeed be something to the building narrative:

    QandO 2009

  • Worcester HNP chairman, Mr Pieter du Toit, told Sapa the letter had been addressed to Minister of Law and Order Mr Hernus Kriel because there was a "definite division" in the National Party cabinet, and they felt the chances of a reply were better if it was addressed to a "rightwinger".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

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