radical right

noun

1. the faction representing extreme right-wing political views; ultraconservatives; reactionaries.

Other Words From

• radical rightism noun
• radical rightist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of radical right¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

As the radical right sizes up its options going forward, the choice will be clear.

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And now, these same institutions need to step up and rein in an unremittingly radical right.

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Many people say that, you know, particularly the radical right wing, they say that Tel Aviv is a bubble.

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There was no mistaking the central message: an embrace of the common good and a rejection of the radical right.

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The two agencies barely talked, much less shared intelligence about the radical right.

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