liberal vs. *conservative (right wing)* - defining terms

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right /rt/ n.1 [OE riht = OFris. riuht, OS, OHG reht (Du., G Recht), ON

rettr, f. Gmc base also of RIGHT a.]

 

10 Polit. (Also Religious.) [Orig., those members of comparatively

conservative opinions in a Continental legislature, by custom seated on

the right of the president.]Now,

 

(the views and aims of) any party or political group favouring

conservative views. Also, the more conservative section of a

philosophical, religious, etc., group. E19.

 

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Excerpted from Oxford Talking Dictionary

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