Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ideology of the political right.
- noun Belief in or support of the tenets of the political right.
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- noun uncountable Belief or support of he principles of the political
right . - noun countable An act or statement supporting the political
right .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political right
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Examples
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To the general charge of "rightism" was now added a new one of '' alliance with counter-revolutionary Trotskyism. "
Sidney Percival Bunting Roux, Edward 1943
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Those of us who live in Florida know Rubio is a dangerous demagogue and narcissistic hypocrite whose radical rightism has left our state in shambles.
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If you're paying attention, you'll see an awful lot of rightism on our so-called liberal left.
More conservatism David 2007
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He warned that the same forces have been trying to spoil the concept of federalism by gearing it towards rightism and racism.
Newars of Kathmandu convene with consolidated demand for autonomy 2009
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All 'things' conservative might be termed 'right' or 'rightism,' and the other 'things' termed 'left' or 'leftism.'
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Thus, right-brain thinking is leftism, and left-brain thinking is rightism.
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Unfortunately up till know the electorate has only been presented with big government leftism and big government rightism.
"A humiliated, decimated GOP that rejuvenates and rebuilds around the principles of limited government, free markets, and rugged individualism..." Ann Althouse 2008
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You can tell it is 'them' (rightism and fascists) because fraud and falsehood is their m.o. Whether or not you bring Rules of Names, barely concerns me.
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You can tell it is 'them' (rightism and fascists) because fraud and falsehood is their m.o. Whether or not you bring Rules of Names, barely concerns me.
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By now Mr. Ying was fed up with the lack of zeal displayed by my mother and her colleagues, and he told her that the fact that she could not spot rightism showed she was 'rightist material' herself.
WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991
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