Rightist
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
- 2 a member of a right wing political party wordnet
- 3 One who supports the rights of a specified group. in-compounds
"an animal 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.""
- 1 believing in or supporting tenets of the political right wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From right + -ist.
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