right-wing
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.59 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a view, group, or ideology: emphasizing conservatism, traditional values, free-market capitalism, and limited government intervention.
Example Sentences
- "It should be noted that there is now no intelligentsia that is not in some sense "Left". Perhaps the last right-wing intellectual was T. E. Lawrence. Since about 1930 everyone describable as an “intellectual” has lived in a state of chronic discontent with the existing order."
- "From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more right-wing (comparative)
most right-wing (superlative)
rightwing (alternative)
right wing (alternative)