Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "right-of-centre" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF RIGHT-OF-CENTRE

right-of-centre  [ˌraɪtəvˈsɛntə] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIGHT-OF-CENTRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Right-Of-Centre is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RIGHT-OF-CENTRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Centre-right politics

Centre-right politics, also referred to as moderate-right politics, are politics that lean to the right of the left-right political spectrum, but are closer to the centre than other right-wing variants. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and mercantilism, and moving towards the bourgeoisie and capitalism. This general economic shift towards capitalism affected centre-right movements such as the British Conservative Party that responded by becoming supportive of capitalism. The International Democrat Union, an alliance of centre-right political parties, including the British Conservative Party, the Republican Party of the United States, the Liberal Party of Australia, Christian democratic parties, amongst others across the world, is committed to the principles that "democratic societies provide individuals throughout the world with the best conditions for political...

Definition of right-of-centre in the English dictionary

The definition of right-of-centre in the dictionary is closer to conservatism and capitalism than to socialism, but not very extreme.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIGHT-OF-CENTRE


absenter
æbˈsɛntə
augmenter
ɔːɡˈmɛntə
center
ˈsɛntə
centre
ˈsɛntə
commenter
ˈkɒmɛntə
concentre
kɒnˈsɛntə
enter
ˈɛntə
epicenter
ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə
epicentre
ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə
inventor
ɪnˈvɛntə
Jobcentre
ˈdʒɒbˌsɛntə
magenta
məˈdʒɛntə
orienter
ˈɔːrɪˌɛntə
placenta
pləˈsɛntə
presenter
prɪˈzɛntə
recentre
riːˈsɛntə
renter
ˈrɛntə
supercenter
ˈsuːpərˌsɛntə
tenter
ˈtɛntə
venter
ˈvɛntə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIGHT-OF-CENTRE

right-click
right-down
right-footer
right-hand
right-hand drive
right-hand man
right-handed
right-handedly
right-handedness
right-hander
right-ho
right-justify
right-minded
right-mindedly
right-mindedness
right-on
right-thinking
right-to-lifer
right-wing
right-winger

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIGHT-OF-CENTRE

business centre
call centre
city centre
community centre
conference centre
convention centre
craft centre
drop-in centre
exhibition centre
fitness centre
garden centre
health centre
information centre
leisure centre
rencontre
resource centre
service centre
shopping centre
the Centre
town centre
training centre

Synonyms and antonyms of right-of-centre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «right-of-centre» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF RIGHT-OF-CENTRE

Find out the translation of right-of-centre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of right-of-centre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «right-of-centre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

右的中心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- de centro derecha
570 millions of speakers

English

right-of-centre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सही केंद्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من اليمين الوسط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

право преимущественного центра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

direito de centro-
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডান অফ কেন্দ্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

droit de centre-
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kanan pusat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rechts von der Mitte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

右のセンター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오른쪽 의 센터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tengen tengah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phải của trung tâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வலது மைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उजवीकडील केंद्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sağ merkez-
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

destro di centro-
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawo - of- centrum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

право переважного центру
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dreapta - de - centru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεξιά του κέντρου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reg - van - sentrum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

höger om mitten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høyre for sentrum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of right-of-centre

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGHT-OF-CENTRE»

The term «right-of-centre» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.369 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
88
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «right-of-centre» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of right-of-centre
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «right-of-centre».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGHT-OF-CENTRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «right-of-centre» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «right-of-centre» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about right-of-centre

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIGHT-OF-CENTRE»

Discover the use of right-of-centre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to right-of-centre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Political Systems Of The World
... Moderate socialist Christian socialist Left of centre Radical centrist Radical liberal Moderate left of centre Nationalist Right of centre Free enterprise centrist Moderate left of centre Right wing Right of centre Nationalist military Marxist- Leninist ...
2
Recent Social Trends in Canada, 1960-2000
Far fewer, 12 and 11 percent in the elections of 1965 and 1968, described themselves as left of centre than the 38 and 32 percent in the 1965 and 1968 elections who described themselves as right of centre. By 1980 and in subsequent ...
Lance W. Roberts, Rodney A. Clifton, Barry Ferguson, 2005
3
Reports from Committees
The howitzer was laid for a point 4 feet from bottom and 2 feet to right of centre line. The howitzer was laid for a point 3 feet from the bottom of butt and 1 foot to the right of centre line. The howitzer was laid for a point 3 ft. 6 in. from the bottom of ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1863
4
Housing Policy in Europe
The third stage was mainly associated with 'right of centre' government (or right- dominated coalitions) - from 1976 in Sweden, from 1977 in the Netherlands, from 1979 in the United Kingdom, from 1981 in Belgium, and from 1982 in Denmark ...
Paul N. Balchin, 1996
5
Housing Policy in Europe
The third stage was mainly associated with 'right of centre' government (or right- dominated coalitions) - from 1976 in Sweden, from 1977 in the Netherlands, from 1979 in the United Kingdom, from 1981 in Belgium, and from 1982 in Denmark ...
Paul Balchin, 2013
6
The Limits of Participation: Members and Leaders in Canada's ...
Delegates assigned themselves a mean score of 5.35, which indicates a right-of- centre, but not excessively right-wing collective ideology. Over two-thirds of the delegates (80.7 per cent) scored themselves on the right with 35 per cent placing  ...
Faron Ellis, 2005
7
Biotechnology - the Making of a Global Controversy
The Netherlands Volkskrant (quality, left of centre); NRC1Handel- blad (quality, right of centre); Trouw (quality, left of centre); Algemeen Dagblad (popular, right of centre); Telegraaf (popular, right of centre). Poland Gazeta Wyborcza (quality ...
M. W. Bauer, G. Gaskell, 2002
8
Political Parties in the Republic of Ireland
Note: Respondents were given five options when placing themselves and the parties on the spectrum: very right-wing, slightly to the right of centre, centre, slightly to the left of centre, very left-wing. To permit comparisons with the findings from ...
Michael Gallagher, 1985
9
Muslim Political Participation in Europe
As should be clear, parties right of centre received miniscule support in comparison. Apart from M, which received support from 6.9% of the respondents, there is close to no support for the other bourgeois parties. One of 269 respondents ...
Jorgen S. Nielsen, 2013
10
Re-Presenting GIS
Left of centre At centre Right of centre Moving right Moving right Moving right \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / Left of centre At centre Right of centre Stationary Stationary Stationary / \ , \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ Left of centre At Centre Right of centre Moving left  ...
Peter Fisher, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIGHT-OF-CENTRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term right-of-centre is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gunter: One right wing party only
Alberta has two right-of-centre parties. Before the next provincial election in 2019, it needs just one. In Tuesday's vote, the Wildrose and Tories together won ... «Edmonton Sun, May 15»
2
What happens if Greece can't pay its debts?
A member of a coalition government led by the right-of-centre WD party, Dijsselbloem is now understood to be light on sympathy for the Syriza government and ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
3
Andrej Babiš adopts combative tone following re-election as ANO …
“Given its increasingly rightist profile, ANO would obviously be better off in a coalition with the right-of-centre parties. But there are personal issues, especially ... «Radio Prague, Mar 15»
4
Express busways: the ultimate rail replacement service
But where would that get us? Road to nowhere? Express busways are proposed by the right-of-right-of-centre IEA. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
5
In the cause of right-wing liberalism
... to rationally and humanely build a “liberal right-of-centre discourse,” as he put it, ... Swarajya in the mid-1950s, as a right-of-centre, conservative magazine. «The Hindu, Jan 15»
6
Traditional Right-of-Centre Economics Will Not Turn the Tide of …
And it won't come by either turning our backs on the world economy, or hoping that traditional right-of-centre economics - laissez-faire, trickle-down, deregulation ... «Huffington Post UK, Jan 15»
7
Right-of-centre ideology has lost us the war in Afghanistan and …
Right-of-centre thinking has triggered the near collapse of our banking system, a powerful movement for Scottish independence and now lost us a war. Learning ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
8
New era saddles Wallonia's socialist rulers with a dilemma
After attracting support from Flemish employers' organisations and right-of-centre voters, the N-VA had to deliver. Just reverse left and right and the N-VA's ... «Financial Times, Nov 14»
9
Brian Bowman rejects Gord Steeves' 'one right-of-centre' mayoral …
Mayoral candidate Brian Bowman pulled no punches Friday, stating publicly that rival Gord Steeves had previously asked him not to run. Bowman was ... «MetroNews Canada, Aug 14»
10
Alastair Campbell is wrong about 'Right-wing' newspapers. It's Lefty …
If this theory was correct you'd expect the sales of Right-of-centre newspapers – the Daily Mail and the Sun, for instance – to have declined faster than those of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Right-Of-Centre [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/right-of-centre>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z