adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a left-wing/right-wing etc coalition
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The left-wing coalition was led by the former guerrilla movement.
a left-wing/right-wing government
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The new left-wing government restructured the economy.
a left-wing/right-wing politician
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He had been under attack from right-wing politicians for some time.
a right-wing/left-wing party
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Support for the right-wing parties was strongest among young working-class men.
right-wing/left-wing
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the students’ extreme left-wing views
right-wing/liberal/economic etc think tank
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a leading member of a Tory think tank
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
extremist
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Even more widespread demonstrations took place when Dutschke was shot and wounded by a right-wing extremist in April 1968.
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President Vinicio Cerezo has blamed the killings on right-wing extremists trying to destabilise his government.
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In March he was shot and seriously injured by a right-wing extremist .
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On Aug. 25, after a football match, right-wing extremists stormed the home and set the ground floor ablaze.
government
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Left-wing incumbents are expected to adopt high-inflation, low-unemployment positions and right-wing governments the reverse.
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Radicalism from a right-wing government spawned radicalism in its opponents.
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It was noted that the Hibbs contribution suggested that right-wing governments tended to see inflation as more of a problem than unemployment.
group
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During the year there were over 20 political killings by left- and right-wing groups .
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And a growing number of right-wing groups had decided to shore up their opposition with physical violence.
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Extreme right-wing groups offered support in exchange for the release of imprisoned right-winger, General Salan.
militia
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Such resistance has, curiously, made Koresh a hero and martyr among some conservatives and right-wing militia groups.
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A combination of pressure from civil libertarians and right-wing militias , interesting left-right jabs....
party
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Apart, Inkatha and the Afrikaner right-wing parties represent significant but relatively small groups.
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Support for the extreme right-wing parties was strongest among city-dwelling, working-class men under 30.
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In the past the National Front has sometimes managed to enter into local pacts with the two mainstream right-wing parties .
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Extreme right-wing parties scored more pronounced successes.
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Status: International grouping of conservative and right-wing parties .
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He also held out the possibility of including right-wing parties in his coalition, in return for their support for Labour policy.
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As a result, the mainstream right-wing parties have been hit hard.
press
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An adoring right-wing press gave him his platform to denounce 15,000 teachers as incompetent.
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Woodhead played well to the right-wing press .
republican
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Boxer, a renowned liberal, defeated right-wing Republican Bruce Herschensohn in a campaign noted for its level of personal invective.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a right-wing conservative MP
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a right-wing fund raising group
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He is known for his extreme right-wing views.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Is he a Trotskyite or a right-wing mole?
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McLamb and Gritz, a former Green Beret, long have been leaders in the right-wing patriot movement.
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The right-wing populist Progress Party is the only one of the eight parliamentary parties opposed to the treaty.
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The aim was to attract intelligent revolutionaries disgusted by the ramshackle right-wing local Labour Party and the once influential Communist Party.