hard right

[hahrd rahyt]

noun

1. the extreme right wing of a political or social organization.

adjective

1. noting or relating to the extreme right wing; extremely conservative.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hard right¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

“I’m not super hard right wing, but I do love a good government conspiracy and that’s what attracted me to him,” said the Gulf Breeze, Fla., mother of three.

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The leaders who have been calling on Macron to resign for months are on the hard right and radical left.

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Until now, pressure on the 47-year-old French president to resign has come largely from his political opponents on the more radical left and hard right.

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There were many reports in the Israeli media that the Biden initiative failed because Netanyahu moved the goalposts with a new set of demands - under pressure from the hard right in his cabinet.

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“More and more people across the ideological spectrum, though more concentrated on the far hard right, think violence is justified to achieve political outcomes,” Levin said.

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