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US
/ˈɹaɪtɪst/
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[ UK /ɹˈaɪtɪst/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈaɪtɪst/ ]
NOUN
- a member of a right wing political party
ADJECTIVE
- believing in or supporting tenets of the political right
How To Use rightist In A Sentence
- The two most prominent rightists were Kim Ku and Syngman Rhee.
- The slow disappearance of 'middle of the road' CNN between the opposing power of rightist-Fox and leftist-MSNBC in the broadcast realm is testimony to the ascendance of adversarial journalism. Charles H. Green: Stewart's and Colbert's Joke is On the Media
- Soldiers were fighters, and this was pedestrian entertainment, if not rightist, counter-revolutionary. SONS OF HEAVEN
- Labeling an individual a "welfarist" or "rightist" connotes important messages about their views on animal exploitation. Marc Bekoff: Who Lives and Who Dies: We All Care About Animals, Right?
- They do not know what the word dissidence means, they would not know the meaning of this word. [laughter] Then, they built up their campaign around this idea and of course, first it was the imperialist press and then, as can be imagined, the reactionary and rightist press against socialism, against communism, against the Cuban revolution. MAY DAY RALLY
- You're going to have Gore over and over again trying to associate Bush with the rightist right wing elements of his party.
- Indeed, the antivivisectionist ancestors of today's animal rightists attempted to stop the research of Louis Pasteur that led to the discovery of the rabies vaccine.
- In the case of glacial Super-Finland, the political relevance seems to be rather rightist, romantic and nationalist.
- Whether they are rightists or leftists, political entrepreneurs find commitment to an established ideological institution extremely cumbersome.
- Although his intent behind using these words was ironic, rightists threatened him with legal action.