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rightism|ˈraɪtɪz(ə)m|
Also with capital initial.
[f. right n.1 17 d + -ism.]
The political view or principles of ‘the right’.
1939H. G. Wells Holy Terror ii. i. 101 The formulae of the gangsters varied from extreme leftism to extreme rightism. Ibid. iii. ii. 270 Two great systems of ideas faced each other in the world, ‘Leftism’ and ‘Rightism’. 1940W. Stevens Let. 12 Jan. (1967) 351 There are a lot of things that the workers are doing that I do not believe in... I think this explains my rightism. 1951Koestler Age of Longing i. 27, I take it for granted that one must fight in self-defence... I merely wish to point out that this has nothing to do with..leftism, rightism, capitalism, and socialism or any other idea or ism. 1959B. & R. North tr. M. Duverger's Pol. Parties (ed. 2) ii. ii. 346 The ‘rightism’ of governmental alliances is consequently opposed to the leftism of public opinion. 1960Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Apr. 260/3 The anti-rightism which Mr. Clark saw was the tail⁓end of the campaign against the intellectuals begun in 1957. 1961Spectator 20 Oct. 535/2 Some comparisons and conclusions may now be drawn as a basis for gauging the strength and prospects of American rightism. 1966Punch 28 Dec. 971/1 He has set down the worst excesses of radical rightism of the past two hundred years. 1974Time Out 27 Sept. 23/1 Walker's own naivete, not content with equating criticism of the Kremlin line with rightism, extends to a total misunderstanding of political activity. |