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as in neoconservative

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noun

as in rightist

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Recent Examples of right-wing
Adjective
Polls show Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition in a dead heat with his chief rival, the centrist Gadi Eisenkot. — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026 Eisenkot comes from the security establishment, and some of his coalition partners are likely to be right-wing parties, unwilling to accept radical change to Israel’s strategic direction. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 The operation comes days before Israel’s election, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and right-wing ministers vow forceful action and demolition of Palestinian buildings. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 With four political factions working together to defeat Israel’s right-wing Likud Party in upcoming elections, there is a real possibility that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may lose power for the first time since the Gaza war began. — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 23 Oct. 2026 Some members of Netanyahu’s governing coalition opposed the law, however, and right-wing opposition parties filed petitions to challenge it in court. — Hannah Ridge, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026 Eisenkot’s power bloc relies on two right-wing parties whose leaders strongly oppose the two-state solution and mistrust the Palestinians. — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026 In a Channel 12 survey of first-time Jewish voters, nearly three-quarters identified as right-wing or center-right. — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 Brazil’s energy path could change less than environmentalists expect if right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro wins Sunday’s presidential election. — Eugenia Perozo, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
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Several targets, especially for the right-wing-back role, turned them down. — Steve Madeley, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025 The editorial takes pains to quote the school board, the board president and the Illinois Policy Institute, a right-wing and anti-labor organization, without any quotes from the association or its president. — Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025 Macri's circle continues pushing for an open break with Milei to lead right-wing opposition. — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 The changes occurred after the struggling restaurant chain faced days of intense backlash, primarily from right-wing influencers, over its new logo. — Jade Walker, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025 Antoni is the chief economist at the right-wing Heritage Foundation think tank, a contributor to the right-wing policy blueprint Project 2025 and a critic of the agency. — Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025 YouTube inked a deal to launch Herring Networks’ right-wing One America News (OAN) on YouTube TV in the fourth quarter of 2025. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025 Farage, a British right-wing populist, has been critical of the Online Safety Act, saying in July the act was already altering consumers’ feeds. — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025 Fuentes is among the most popular streamers on Rumble, a right-wing platform similar to YouTube; his videos regularly rack up hundreds of thousands of views. — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for right-wing
  1. neoconservative
  2. rightist
  3. stodgy
  4. conservative
  5. ossified
  6. right-winger
  7. ultraright
  8. traditionalist
Adjective
  • The President, this faction argued, was too cowed by hawkish interventionists like Mark Levin, a neoconservative commentator.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Those twenty-five years or so were the apex of Washington Consensus conservatism, of neoconservative interventions abroad and neoliberal economic policy at home.
    — Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of neoconservative
Noun
  • Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had avoided debating challenger Flávio Bolsonaro — the son of a former president jailed for staging a coup — but the rightist’s first-round victory put the president on the back foot.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In fact, he’s decided to go all the way from an angry leftist to a very angry rightist.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of rightist
Adjective
  • While most dramas this long in the tooth trend toward decline, the series’ many innovations, in a frequently stodgy genre, continue to pay off.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There's Seta, where chef Antonio Guida peps up sometimes stodgy northern Italian cuisine with scents of the south, but the beating heart is the Mandarin Bar & Bistrot.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of stodgy
Noun
  • And today’s conservatives are increasingly questioning that narrative.
    — Dustin DeSoto, Vox, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Calvert, who appeared this week at a rally in Murrieta alongside Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton and Assemblymember Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego), labels himself a consistent conservative.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of conservative
Adjective
  • Her focus is on long-term planning, the nimble deployment of neighborhood-level safety measures, and overhauling the ossified internal systems that have slowed ACHD’s response to the county’s breakneck growth.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In her film, Sanguinetti presents a subtle thread about the nature of western spaces defined by ossified traditions, the face of which is being altered by the specter of modernity.
    — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of ossified
Noun
  • Lula is 80-year-old leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for a fourth term against 45-year-old right-winger Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
    — Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Hegseth also announced that billionaire right-wingers Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey are going to help guide the future of the military, which doesn’t sound terrifying at all.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of right-winger
Adjective
  • Since then, McCarthy has had to tread somewhat lightly between the ultraright caucus and the rest of his party.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Because Jesuits often sided with El Salvador’s poor and some kept records of human rights violations, they were hated by the country’s ultraright.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021
Definition of ultraright
Noun
  • The dream of the traditionalist outlaw fighting for justice is much older than the movies.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • There are stuffing recipes here for traditionalists and Thanksgiving rule breakers alike.
    — Hannah Lee Leidy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of traditionalist

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