rightist
Leans toward tradition
Rightist describes political views or people on the right of the political spectrum—generally favoring tradition, limited government intervention in economics, and established social hierarchies.
As a noun, a rightist holds such views: The rightist faction opposed the welfare expansion.
The term is more common in European political discourse than American, where "conservative" predominates.
Cautious about altering customs
- republicanAdvocate against hereditary rule
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- neoconservativeHawkish interventionist ideology
- libertarianAnti-statist political adherent
hawkish · monarchist · establishment · GOP · evangelical · fundamentalist · pro-life · anti-abortion
Unregulated private exchange
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- privatizationState sells public assets
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
neoliberalism · supply-side · trickle-down · pro-business · monetarist · corporatism · shareholder · entrepreneurship
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
conformity · monarchy · feudal · ceremony · ancestral · legacy · classicism · decorum
Devotion to one's homeland
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- populismPolitics favoring ordinary citizens
isolationism · protectionism · ethnocentrism · jingoism · flag-waving · monoculture · homeland · allegiance
Rule by one
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
tyranny · strongman · militarism · repression · suppression · censorship · coercion · control
conservative
Cautious about altering customs
- republicanAdvocate against hereditary rule
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- neoconservativeHawkish interventionist ideology
libertarian · hawkish · monarchist · establishment · GOP · evangelical · fundamentalist · pro-life · anti-abortion · objectivist
free-market
Unregulated private exchange
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- privatizationState sells public assets
deregulation · neoliberalism · supply-side · trickle-down · pro-business · monetarist · corporatism · shareholder · entrepreneurship · anti-regulation
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
hierarchy · conformity · monarchy · feudal · ceremony · ancestral · legacy · classicism · decorum · chivalry
patriotism
Devotion to one's homeland
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
populism · isolationism · protectionism · ethnocentrism · jingoism · flag-waving · monoculture · homeland · allegiance · superiority
autocracy
Rule by one
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
despotism · tyranny · strongman · militarism · repression · suppression · censorship · coercion · control · oppression
- politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
- conservatismconservative, traditionalism, fiscal conservative, small government, free enterprise
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, moderate, centrist
- political typesconservative, liberal, moderate, leftist, centrist
- dissidentsdissident, dissidents, dissenter, rebel, Sakharov
- ideologiescapitalism, communism, conservatism, liberalism, socialism
rightistleftist
Advocate for progressive politics
left-winger · lefty · liberal · progressive · socialist
rightistrevolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
progressive · radical · reformist · reformer · revolutionist