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right wing

/ˌˈraɪt ˌˈwɪŋ/
/raɪt wɪŋ/
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Other forms: right wings

Someone or something that's right wing is very politically conservative. A right wing priority might be reducing the size of government, for example, or opposing gun control measures.

A right wing candidate is conservative, often (but not always) a member of the Republican Party in the U.S. At the opposite end of the spectrum are people who consider themselves liberal or progressive. An individual's freedom and autonomy tends to be the most important thing to a right wing voter, while those in the left wing focus on social equality. Before the political meaning, right wing described an army's formation.

Definitions of right wing
  1. noun
    those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
    synonyms: right
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    types:
    religious right
    United States political faction that advocates social and political conservatism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools
    hard right
    the extreme right wing
    type of:
    faction, sect
    a dissenting clique
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