far right

noun

Phrases
the far right
: the group of people whose political views are the most conservative (see conservative entry 1 sense 1a)
The nomination is opposed by members of the far right.
often hyphenated when used before another noun
far-right groups

Examples of far right in a Sentence

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Some on the far right in The Netherlands, Germany and elsewhere have already resisted boosting NATO defense spending, and the left has long opposed it. Massimo Calabresi, Time, 26 June 2025 The president's efforts to end birthright citizenship is being challenged in the courts, but Stein is elated the debate has gone from far right fringe legal theory all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 23 June 2025 In that case too, Europe’s far right was quick to tap into fears around the deadly attack. Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 27 May 2025 The vertical axis represents the money saved with fraud detection – based on the same kind of calculations as those in the previous example – and the horizontal axis represents the portion of transactions blocked, from most risky (far left) to least risky (far right). Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 Their adventures, including an epic escape by boat that involved a far right deputy, Aymeric Chauprade, a former European Parliament assistant, Pierre Malinowski, and an aviation security expert, Christophe Naudin, have now gone fully viral across the globe thanks to the documentary series. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 June 2025 The juror, a 41-year-old Black male who works in communications at a correctional facility, sits in the front row on the far right, facing the parties. Nbc News, NBC news, 16 June 2025 These are conspiracies that drift back and forth from far right to far left. Literary Hub, 12 June 2025 The Orion constellation is at the bottom left, while Jupiter is just left of the center and Venus is on the far right. Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 12 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of far right was in 1906

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“Far right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20right. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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