ultraright

[ uhl-truh-rahyt ]

adjective

1. of or belonging to the extreme political Right; extremely conservative or reactionary.

noun

1. the ultraright, the aggregate of ultraright persons or groups.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ultraright¹

ultra- + right

Example Sentences

“The speaker failed us today,” declared Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, after one of his ultraright colleagues, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, filed a measure to potentially force a vote to remove Mr. Johnson, over a spending plan she called “atrocious” and “a betrayal.”

From New York Times

“The speaker failed us today,” declared Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, after one of his ultraright colleagues, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, filed a measure to potentially force a vote to remove Mr. Johnson, over a spending plan she called “atrocious” and “a betrayal.”

From New York Times

Looked at from that point of view, Netanyahu’s list is also interesting for the demands it didn’t make, such as the calls from ultraright members of his government to settle Jews in Gaza.

From Seattle Times

Nourished by this interpretation, 50 to 100 ultraright nationalists later descended on the city to avenge what they characterized as an anti-white murder.

From New York Times

His new conciliatory posture elides his own responsibility for launching the judicial overhaul — a pet project of ultraright parties upon whom his prime ministership depends — in the first place.

From Washington Post