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

It contains the core ideas that define the manic intensity of New Right thinking: the belief in one last election to save the republic, the accusation that progressives betrayed America, the division of Americans into friends and enemies, and the claim that the traditional conservative movement is either ineffective or secretly helping to destroy the nation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jaffa’s ideas on the Founding principles, she thinks, allowed him to condemn well-meaning liberal critics of his ideas—a trend that persists among his New Right successors.

From The Wall Street Journal

With apologies to Ms. Field, this descent has done far more to birth the “furious minds” of the New Right than the speculations of philosophers and intellectuals.

From The Wall Street Journal

An old political poison is growing on the new right, led by podcasters and internet opportunists who are preoccupied with the Jews.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is why the godfather of the post-World War II New Right, William F. Buckley Jr., considered it his mission to stand athwart history yelling, “Stop.”

From Salon