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My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without giving the enemy any occasion to seize or even to suspect their advantage.
Joshua Chamberlain

Meaning of "right wing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RIGHT WING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIGHT WING

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Right wing can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES RIGHT WING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

right wing

Right-wing politics

Right-wing politics are political positions or activities that view some forms of social hierarchy or social inequality as either inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable,[1][2] typically justifying this position on the basis of natural law or tradition.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Within the right-wing spectrum, views differ on whether hierarchy and inequality stem from traditional social differences[9] or from competition in market economies.[10][11] In Europe's history, there have been strong collectivist right-wing movements, such as in the social Catholic Right that has exhibited hostility to all forms of liberalism, including economic liberalism, and has historically advocated for paternalist class harmony involving an organic-hierarchical society where workers are protected while hierarchy of classes remain.[12] The term "right wing" has been used to refer to a number of different political positions through history.

Definition of right wing in the English dictionary

The first definition of right wing in the dictionary is the conservative faction of an assembly, party, etc. Other definition of right wing is the part of an army or field of battle on the right from the point of view of one facing the enemy. Right wing is also the right-hand side of the field of play from the point of view of a team facing its opponent's goal.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIGHT WING

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Right Honourable
right of abode
right of search
right of way
right off
right off the bat
right oh
right on
Right Reverend
right to life
right triangle
right whale
right-angled
right-angled triangle
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WORDS THAT END LIKE RIGHT WING

bastard wing
buck and wing
delta wing
drawing
flying wing
following
growing
gull wing
knowing
left wing
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showing
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top-security wing
under one´s wing
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Synonyms and antonyms of right wing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «right wing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIGHT WING

Find out the translation of right wing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of right wing 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 wing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

右翼的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de derechas
570 millions of speakers

English

right wing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दक्षिणपंथी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يـَمِينيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

правый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

da ala direitista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডানপন্থী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de droite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

sayap kanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rechtsgerichtet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

右派の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우익의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sayap tengen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc phe hữu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வலதுசாரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उजव्या पंख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sağ kanat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di destra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawicowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

правий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de dreapta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεξιός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

regtervleuel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

högervriden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høyreorientert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of right wing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGHT WING»

The term «right wing» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.734 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGHT WING» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «RIGHT WING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word right wing.
1
Birch Bayh
I look at the Senior Al Gore that I had the chance to serve in the Senate with. A great human being. He went down to defeat to this right wing bunch back at the time.
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Birch Bayh
I should point out that I was intimately involved with a group of women here a year and a half ago when there was an effort made by a right wing element in the President's party to get him to turn back the clock.
3
Paul Begala
I mean, for all of his faults and the troubles in his marriage, Bill Clinton is still married to a girl he met in the library 25 years ago at school. Can we say that about many of our other leaders today in America, including on the right wing?
4
Tony Benn
I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.
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Joshua Chamberlain
My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without giving the enemy any occasion to seize or even to suspect their advantage.
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Juan Cole
I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously.
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Ari Fleischer
But instead, Democrats are so bent on seeing Republicans as a bunch of angry, right wing, intolerant, unreliable extremists that they have a track record of missing the mood of the country, especially the sentiment of people who don't wake up to 'The New York Times.'
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Janeane Garofalo
I'm not specifically attached to anything other than trying to, in my personal life, fight against where I see right wing thinking. Whether it be around my dinner table or on the street or somebody reading the New York Post.
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James P. Hoffa
We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it's about jobs and it's about rebuilding America.
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Anthony Holden
Thatcher came under pressure from right wing backbenchers to shut up the Prince of Wales and there was a deal done between them where he did actually shut up in the end.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIGHT WING»

Discover the use of right wing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to right wing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Roads to Dominion: Right-wing Movements and Political Power ...
Diamond looks at conservative politics in the United States from World War II to the post-Reagan years.
Sara Diamond, 1995
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Right-wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort
This important volume offers an in-depth look at the historical roots and current landscape of right-wing populism in the United States.
Chip Berlet, Matthew Nemiroff Lyons, 2000
3
Right Wing Resurgence: How a Domestic Terrorist Threat is ...
In Right-Wing Resurgence, author Daryl Johnson offers a detailed account of the growth of right wing extremism and militias in the United States and the increasing threat they pose.
Daryl Johnson, 2012
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Right-Wing Women: From Conservatives to Extremists Around ...
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Paola Bacchetta, Margaret Power, 2013
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Encyclopedia of Right-Wing Extremism In Modern American History
This encyclopedia covers American right-wing extremist groups and extremism from the 1930s to the present day, including neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, and various anti-government organizations.
Steven E Atkins, 2011
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Right-wing Extremism in the Twenty-first Century
Peter Merkl, Weinberg LEONARD. conservative-liberal coalition to a red-green coalition with a chancellor highly skilled with the media. This has added several new topics to the agenda and contributed to unclear front-lines while at the same  ...
Peter Merkl, Weinberg LEONARD, 2004
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The Global Right Wing and the Clash of World Politics
This book is an eye-opening account of transnational advocacy, not by environmental and rights groups, but by conservative activists.
Clifford Bob, 2012
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The United States and Right-Wing Dictatorships, 1965-1989
Building on Schmitz's earlier work, Thank God They're On Our Side, this is an examination of American policy toward right-wing dictatorships from the 1960s to the end of the Cold War.
David F. Schmitz, 2006
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Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It ...
Presents a critical examination of smear tactics utilized by right-wing politicians, challenging such conceptions as Bush's conservative reputation and the detrimental economic impact of Democratic policies.
Joe Conason, 2004
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Wrong and Dangerous: Ten Right-wing Myths about Our Constitution
In Wrong and Dangerous, legal scholar Garrett Epps tackles 10 of the most prevalent myths, providing in terms every citizen can understand a clear grasp of the Constitution and the government it established.
Garrett Epps, 2012

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIGHT WING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term right wing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mike Rowe's Stellar Reply to Letter Writer Calling His Work Ethic …
Sadly, you see my efforts as “right wing propaganda.” But why? Are our differences really political? Or is it something deeper? Something philosophical? «TheBlaze.com, Jun 15»
2
Modi government launching right wing offensive on people: Karat
“Within the short period of nine months of the Modi government, it is clear that our country is witnessing a right wing offensive. This right wing offensive is driven ... «The Indian Express, Feb 15»
3
Penguins notebook: Evgeni Malkin embraces shift to right wing
Malkin spent practice Wednesday at Consol Energy Center playing right wing with Brandon Sutter at center and Pascal Dupuis at left wing. Sidelined for the ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct 14»
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New Zealand v England: Manu Tuilagi to play on right wing
Manu Tuilagi will start on the wing in Saturday's second Test against New Zealand in ... Tuilagi moves from outside centre to right wing, with Marland Yarde ... «BBC Sport, Jun 14»
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Meet The Liberal Network That Orchestrated The Hit On The …
But all that changed after an obscure website called Right Wing Watch drew negative attention to the Benham's conservative views on abortion and gay ... «Daily Caller, May 14»
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US right wing extremists more deadly than jihadists
On Sunday, a man shot and killed a 14-year-old boy and his grandfather at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City and then drove to a nearby ... «CNN, Apr 14»
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Enough right-wing propaganda
The mainstream media and the Obama administration must stop cowering before a right wing that has persistently forced its propaganda to be accepted as news ... «Washington Post, Jul 10»
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Right Wing Extremism: Alive And Well
In April, she got an earful from conservative bloggers and radio pundits after DHS issued a nine-page report, "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and ... «CBS News, Jun 09»

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