Used in a Sentence

right-winger

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for right-winger.

Editorial note

I read somewhere recently that being a leftist or a right-winger is in part wired up on your brain.

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Quick take

A member of the right wing of a party or group.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of right-winger gathered in one view.

noun

A member of the right wing of a party or group.

noun

(politics) A person who belongs to the political right.

noun

(sports) A winger who plays on the right.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for right-winger.

noun

A member of the right wing of a party or group.

noun

(politics) A person who belongs to the political right.

noun

(sports) A winger who plays on the right.

Example sentences

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I read somewhere recently that being a leftist or a right-winger is in part wired up on your brain.

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Even as a right-winger, I'm in favour of universal welfare, provided this isn't offered as a bolt-on to existing means-tested welfare.

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Goldwater was portrayed as a dangerous right-winger when he was around.

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Would you talk about how crazy wicked cool it is that a nutty right-winger like me paradoxically has a thing for protecting the first amendment?

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I'm not a right-winger but am disappointed that the healthcare.gov site isn't working at all.

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I think you've been reading too much Daily Kos if you think it's an exceptional right-winger who doesn't want to genocide minorities.

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It's a aggressive right-winger view point, which again does everything to denounce Syriza as left-wing radicals and supporters, which is explicitly against Syriza's own point of view.

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If we are going by the political map in usage at the time when Nixon ran and governed, then he was a right-winger.

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I'm Swedish too, and this is just a typical right-winger rant.

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In right-winger logic they are, of course.

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I am neither a right-winger nor an American.

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> I think you've been reading too much Daily Kos if you think it's an exceptional right-winger who doesn't want to genocide minorities.

Quote examples

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To the extreme-left, I'm still a "filthy right-winger" (and have been accused of being such numerous times in discussions with them).

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Anyway, I am a "right-winger" who's upfront about wanting to...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use right-winger in a sentence?

I read somewhere recently that being a leftist or a right-winger is in part wired up on your brain.

What does right-winger mean?

A member of the right wing of a party or group.

What part of speech is right-winger?

right-winger is commonly used as noun.