far right

[fahr rahyt]

noun

1. the area furthest away on the side opposite to where one's heart is (usually preceded by to , at , oron ).

   You can search for a specific item by typing it into the Search field at the far right of the screen.

2. none the far right or the Far Right

   1. the complex of individuals or organized groups holding the most conservative views in politics and social policy, opposed to political and social reform and often emphasizing nationalism and deregulation.

      To avoid defeat by the far right, she says, the rest of us must be willing to work with potential allies not in our own camp.

   2. the position occupied by these people on the political spectrum (often preceded by to oron ).

      At some point he migrated to the far right, and is now aligned with his country’s new anti-immigration party.

Word History and Origins

Origin of far right¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

She speaks in rapid-fire sentences, and she became famous after a fiery speech in which she denounced the head of her country’s dominant center-right party for working with the far right, a maneuver that broke a long-standing taboo in a nation that was home to history’s most horrifying fascist movement.

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Of course, another reason we succeeded was because of our strong stance against the far right.

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"I'm not willing to stand by and let this broken system create more division in our country, and I'm not willing to cede this territory of secure borders to parties of the far right, the hard right, or anybody else."

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And finally, to the far right, you could opt for the risk appetite line, where investors are searching for answers to the recent slump in digital currencies, including Bitcoin, which is now trading in negative territory for the year and down 23% from its early October peak.

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The broader narrative here is that the far right is attacking all kinds of our traditional institutions, whether that’s academia, journalists, and now Wikipedia, and the thinking is that by deprecating the trust that people have in Wikipedia, they can point towards their own user-generated content, or Elon Musk can kind of put out his own narrative.

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