right-winger

See also: rightwinger

English

Noun

right-winger (plural right-wingers)

  1. (politics) A person who belongs to the political right.
    Synonyms: rightist, rightie, righty; rightoid, (derogatory) reich winger
    Antonyms: left-winger, leftist, leftie, (derogatory) lefty; leftoid, LWNJ
    Hypernyms: partisan < person
    Hyponym: RWNJ
    • 1984 December 22, Gayle Rubin, “Censored: Anti-Porn Laws And Women's Liberation”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 23, page 8:
      Analyses that used to exist only in arcane feminist journals are now common among right wingers and are being institutionalized as law and public policy.
    • 2023 November 15, Rob Picheta, “UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda blocked by Supreme Court”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The ruling led to calls from the right of the Conservative Party to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a prospect that has loomed over the government for months and has caused deep rifts between centrists and right-wingers in Britain’s ruling party.
  2. A member of the right wing of a party or group.
    Synonyms: rightist, rightie, righty; rightoid, (derogatory) reich winger
    Antonyms: left-winger, leftist, leftie, (derogatory) lefty; leftoid, LWNJ
    Hypernyms: partisan < person
    Hyponym: RWNJ
  3. (sports) A winger who plays on the right.
    Hypernyms: player, athlete < person

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