rightward

[rahyt-werd]

adverb

1. Also rightwards. toward or on the right.

adjective

1. situated on the right.

2. directed toward the right.

rightward

/ ˈraɪtwəd /

adjective

1. situated on or directed towards the right

adverb

1. a variant of rightwards

Other Word Forms

• rightwardly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of rightward¹

First recorded in 1805–15; right + -ward

Example Sentences

A young Spanish EU lawmaker with a huge social media following officially launched his anti-immigration party on Sunday in a further fragmentation and rightward shift in European politics.

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It isn’t clear how successful this rightward shift will be for the party.

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The SNP leader told me he believed in a Scotland that was "tolerant, welcoming and inclusive" and urged people "to avoid us being swept down a route of a relentless rightward direction in the United Kingdom".

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The compact, which was also provided to eight other prominent universities across the country, has roiled higher education and has drawn the ire of Gov. Gavin Newsom with its demands for rightward campus policy shifts in exchange for priority federal funding.

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The Free Press has become the favored read of aggrieved tech moguls like Jeff Bezos, whose latest move as Washington Post owner has been to compromise the independence of its opinion pages and drift them rightward.

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