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

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New Right

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

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

Such leaders would form the core of what came to be called the "New Right."

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2022

Paul Weyrich, a key architect of the New Right, included a discussion of Kanawha County in a speech to the Platform Committee at the 1976 Republican National Convention.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021