RIGHTIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rightist mean? 

• RIGHTIST (noun)
  The noun RIGHTIST has 1 sense:

1. a member of a right wing political party

  Familiarity information: RIGHTIST used as a noun is very rare.

• RIGHTIST (adjective)
  The adjective RIGHTIST has 1 sense:

1. believing in or supporting tenets of the political right

  Familiarity information: RIGHTIST used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHTIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a right wing political party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

right-winger; rightist

Hypernyms ("rightist" is a kind of...):

conservative; conservativist (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rightist"):

monarchist; royalist (an advocate of the principles of monarchy)

Tory (a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative)

Derivation:

right wing (those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged)

rightism (the ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political right)

rightist (believing in or supporting tenets of the political right)

• RIGHTIST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Believing in or supporting tenets of the political right

Synonyms:

right-wing; rightist

Similar:

right (of or belonging to the political or intellectual right)

Derivation:

rightist (a member of a right wing political party)