rightward

adjective or adverb

right·​ward ˈrīt-wərd How to pronounce rightward (audio)
: being at, toward, or to the right

Examples of rightward in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The rightward shift in politics is not restricted to Germany. Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 But in the now-defunct Senate bipartisan immigration proposal, Dreamers were ignored altogether, a casualty of the rightward shift on immigration. Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024 The bill represented a rightward tilt in Senate negotiations over border measures, yet the backlash was intense from conservatives. Stephen Groves and Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024 Yet, despite its rightward tilt, the bill is already losing Republican support. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 But as Israeli history has repeatedly shown, especially in recent decades, episodes of war or extreme violence like the current one have only reinforced a rightward tilt in Israeli politics. Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2023 This sharp rightward swerve was then and has remained generally overlooked, presumably because, elaborating his take on the Affordable Care Act provisions at issue, Roberts went on to agree with the Obama administration’s favorable interpretation. Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023 Some Democrats still saw the state’s rightward jolt in 2016 as temporary, believing that their flipping of two congressional seats in 2018 had reaffirmed Iowa’s purple status. Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023 Spreading Attacks Attacks on the NLRB’s constitutionality are likely to become more widespread, because the rightward shift of the federal judiciary makes such arguments more viable, said Catherine Fisk, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley. Josh Eidelson, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1733, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rightward was in 1733

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“Rightward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightward. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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rightward

adjective or adverb
right·​ward ˈrīt-wərd How to pronounce rightward (audio)
: toward, at, or to the right

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