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• n  the ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political right

• Sharon's lifelong militarism is often mistaken for lifelong rightism.
• Hamilton's reports and speeches as Treasury Secretary, Rossiter once wrote, expressed a "rightism run riot.
• Sir: Goldwater's victory in California is hardly surprising in a state made up of misfits, political madmen, and a spirit of radical rightism that some describe as a fear .