单词 | -rightist |
释义 | -rightistcomb. form Originally U.S. Forming nouns denoting an advocate or supporter of the rights of the group or type denoted by the first element.Used chiefly in combination with words which are commonly collocated with rights, as equal rightist, human rightist, etc. See also animal rightist n., civil rightist n. at civil right n. Derivatives, woman's rightist n. ΚΠ 1869 N.Y. Herald 1 July 10/3 A wonderful lecture she had written, which contained the creed of every woman's rightist. 1875 Daily Free Press (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) 27 Apr. I scarcely read a paper that does not contain some contemptuous, sneering item of the discomfiture of some ‘civil rightist’, who has not talked to suit some lordly white man. 1940 Chicago Tribune 27 June 3/5 Some of the demands of the equal rightists. 1977 Los Angeles Times 17 Mar. i. 8/1 [He] branded a fellow dissident..a traitor for criticizing Carter's public support for human rightists here. 1989 Sitka (Alaska) Daily Sentinel 12 Oct. 2/3 (heading) Abortion rightists say they have momentum. 1990 R. Scarce Eco-warriors i. ii. 22 Property rightists wooed the disenchanted electorate with promises of lower taxes and less government. 2003 Express (Nexis) 25 Feb. 34 The do-gooders, civil libertists, human rightists and pompous, self-aggrandising members of the judiciary. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1869 |
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