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How to pronounce rightist in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms right-winger
Type of conservative, conservativist
Has types monarchist, royalist, tory
Derivation right wing, rightism
Type Words
Synonyms right-wing

Examples of rightist

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And Obama is indeed a centrist, socially liberal, with some rightist tendencies.
From the swampland.time.com
So Mr Netanyahu is just short of a majority for a rightist-religious coalition.
From the economist.com
Israel is preparing to swear in rightist Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister.
From the voanews.com
And overall, the Likud-led rightist bloc had 67 seats, enough for re-election.
From the sacbee.com
States-rightist Whigs shunned it, enabling the Democrats to win most of the South.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Cameron represents a break from what we might consider rightist conservatism.
From the forbes.com
Dange represented the rightist faction of the party and E.M.S. the leftist faction.
From the en.wikipedia.org
So is Netanyahu being unfairly portrayed as a rightist in the United States?
From the newsweek.com
Yes, because the rightist twaddle of state supported capitalism is so great.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Believing in or supporting tenets of the political right
  • A member of a right wing political party
  • In politics, Right, right-wing and rightist are generally used to describe support for preserving traditional social orders and hierarchies. ...
  • Refers to a belief that human behavior is determined more by heredity than by environment. The characteristic exists on a continuum with the extreme rightist believing that all behavior is determined entirely by heredity, and that environment has no effect whatsoever on behavior. ...
  • A particularly right-leaning conservative (see conservatism) or nationalist (see nationalism), coming close to being on the far right