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RIGHTISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rightism mean?
• RIGHTISM (noun)
The noun RIGHTISM has 1 sense:
1. the ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political right
Familiarity information: RIGHTISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political right
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rightism" is a kind of...):
ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)
Derivation:
rightist (a member of a right wing political party)
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