New Right

American  

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. a group of conservatives whose views diverge from those of traditional conservatives, as in being more staunchly opposed to abortion or defense cuts.

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New Right British  

noun

1. a range of radical right-wing groups and ideologies which advocate laissez-faire economic policies, anti-welfarism, and the belief in the rights of the individual over the common good

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Other Word Forms

• New Rightist noun

Etymology

Origin of New Right

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The political parties had never really tried to organize religious voters along partisan lines, but by 1980, New Right Republican strategists sensed a growing opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Back in the 1980s, the Reagan coalition was a fusion of free-market economics, cultural conservatism, anti-communism and international foreign affairs, says Laura K Field, author of Furious Minds: The Making of the Maga New Right.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

In 2019, Vance also converted to Catholicism, a move that aligned him with the young, religious crowd of the New Right.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2024

Germany’s top security official, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, accused the so-called New Right of trying to combine “an intellectual and modern appearance” with continued hatred toward refugees and migrants.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023

The New Right was the movement in the 1960s-1970s that produced Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2022