rightist

English

Etymology

From right +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪtɪst/

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Noun

rightist (plural rightists)

1. One who believes in the politics or policies of the political right.

   Synonym: right-winger

   Coordinate terms: centrist, leftist

   • 2017, Robert M Sapolsky, Behave:

     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. (in combination) One who supports the rights of a specified group.

   an animal rightist

Derived terms

• alt-rightist
• civil rightist
• far-rightist, far rightist
• human-rightist

 

Translations

supporter of the political right

• Azerbaijani: sağçı
• Bulgarian: десничар m (desničar)
• Catalan: dretà (ca) m, dretana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 右派 (zh) (yòupài)

• Czech: pravičák (cs) m
• Danish: højreorienteret c
• Finnish: oikeistolainen (fi)
• Georgian: მემარჯვენე (memarǯvene)
• German: Rechter (de) m, Rechte (de) f
• Hindi: दक्षिणपंथी (dakṣiṇpanthī)
• Hungarian: jobboldali (hu), (colloquial) jobbos (hu)
• Kazakh: оңшыл (oñşyl)
• Persian: راست‌گرا (râst-gerâ)
• Portuguese: direitista (pt)
• Spanish: derechista (es) m or f
• Turkish: sağcı (tr)

supporter of the rights of a group

• Finnish: oikeuksien puolustaja, oikeusaktivisti
• Hungarian: jogvédő (hu)

Adjective

rightist (comparative more rightist, superlative most rightist)

1. Of or pertaining to the political right.
   • 2000 February 28, James V. Grimaldi, “Hearsay: The Lawyer's Column; Keeping Up With the Gundersons”, in The Washington Post‎^[1]:

     Hearsay even got "freeped." "Freepers," followers of a rightist Web site called Free Republic, orchestrated a "Freeper Call to Action."

Translations

pertaining to the political right

• Hungarian: jobboldali (hu), (colloquial) jobbos (hu)

Anagrams

• grittish