rightist

English

Etymology tree

English right

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English rightist

From right + -ist.

rightist (plural rightists)

One who believes in the politics or policies of the political right.
Synonym: right-winger

Coordinate terms: centrist, leftist
- 2017, Robert M Sapolsky, Behave:
  To summarize: on the average, rightists are made more anxious by ambiguity and have a stronger need for closure, dislike novelty, are more comforted by structure and hierarchy, more readily perceive circumstances as threatening, and are more parochial in their empathy.
(in combination) One who supports the rights of a specified group.
an animal rightist

supporter of the political right

supporter of the rights of a group

rightist (comparative more rightist, superlative most rightist)

Of or pertaining to the political right.
- 2000 February 28, James V. Grimaldi, “Hearsay: The Lawyer's Column; Keeping Up With the Gundersons”, in The Washington Post‎^[1]:
  Hearsay even got "freeped." "Freepers," followers of a rightist Web site called Free Republic, orchestrated a "Freeper Call to Action."
- 2021 September 2, Roger Cohen, “The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 1 December 2021:
  Whether a Hidalgo candidacy can galvanize the left and throw open an election in which Emmanuel Macron, the centrist president, and Marine Le Pen, the rightist candidate, remain favorites is unclear.

pertaining to the political right