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RIGHT WING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
Synonyms:
right; right wing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("right wing" is a kind of...):
faction; sect (a dissenting clique)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "right wing"):
religious right (United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools)
hard right (the extreme right wing)
Derivation:
rightist (a member of a right wing political party)
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