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Vinony

right-wing

adjective

  1. political outlook or specific position that emphasizes and supports individual autonomy
  2. politically leaning towards conservative
L340002 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. political movement
L464754 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.

  1. Of a view, group, or ideology: emphasizing conservatism, traditional values, free-market capitalism, and limited government intervention.

    “It should be noted that there is now no intelligentsia that is not in some sense "Left". Perhaps the last right-wing intellectual was T. E. Lawrence. Since about 1930 everyone describable as an “intellectual” has lived in a state of chronic discontent with the existing order.”

    “From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified.”