Etymograph

English

rightism

From right + -ism.

A compound of right + -ism

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’

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Proto-Germanic *rehtaz ‘right’

Proto-West Germanic *reht ‘straight’

Old English reht

Middle English reȝt

English right

Today it means

noun Belief in, or support of, the principles of the political right.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / rightism