far right

noun

Phrases
the far right
: the group of people whose political views are the most conservative (see conservative entry 1 sense 1a)
The nomination is opposed by members of the far right.
often hyphenated when used before another noun
far-right groups

Examples of far right in a Sentence

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On the far right, the general assumption was that the Stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis must have been made a long time ago and known by Biden’s personal physician, given that presidents do not have to wait weeks for medical appointments. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025 More than 20% of voters opted for candidates on the far right, whose conservative and nationalistic worldviews overlap with Nawrocki’s. Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025 The Andromeda galaxy can be seen as a faint wispy spiral on the far right of the image below. Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 15 May 2025 Democrats and environmentalists say the amendment is part of a broader far right push for a wholesale transfer of federal public lands. Kirk Siegler, NPR, 7 May 2025 Meanwhile, Johnson remained stationary in the far right lane. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025 Read: The new authoritarianism Rallying to the defense of American constitutional democracy has become alarmingly difficult after years of insistence, from both the far left and the far right, that the system is irreparably broken. Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025 The 2021 study Mapping Discord’s Darkside, published in the journal New Media & Society, shows that despite marketing efforts to distance itself from the far right, Discord hosts thousands of servers associated with neo-Nazi, misogynistic, racist, transphobic and conspiratorial discourse. Arthur Coelho Bezerra, The Conversation, 14 May 2025 Light projection is increasingly being used as a form of protest by both the far right and the left. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of far right was in 1906

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“Far right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20right. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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