Old Right
Proper noun
Meaning
Old Right
(US, historical) A conservative political faction in the United States that opposed both New Deal domestic programs and US entry into World War II.
Examples
The Old Right sharply attacked the "Second New Deal" and said it represented class warfare and socialism.
Later, in the early 20th century, the mantle of anti-state liberalism was taken by the Old Right.
She was a Republican who was generally sympathetic to the foreign policy non-interventionism of the Old Right and a fan of Booker T. Washington 's self-help politics.
This induced the libertarian Old Right to split off from the right, and seek alliances with the (now left-wing) antiwar movement, and to start specifically libertarian organizations such as the (U.