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Noun: right wing  rIt wing
  1. Those who support political, social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
    - right
Adjective: right-wing  'rIt'wing
  1. Believing in or supporting tenets of the political right
    "The right-wing authoritarians who were more inclined to violence";
    - rightist, Conservative, blue [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: right wings

See also: right

Type of: faction, sect

Encyclopedia: Right wing

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