religious right

Noun

Meaning

United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

evangelical fundamentalist Christian right born-again Christian devout christian religious law right-wing christian christian nationalist christian traditionalist religious conservative right-wing devotee conservative christian religious extremism religious oath religious rights
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Hypernyms

right right wing

Examples

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics. Christopher Lasch

When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut. Ann Coulter

Myself, I have never seen a bumper sticker saying "Hate if you Love Jesus", but I sometimes wonder why not. It would be a good slogan for the religious Right. Simon Blackburn

I bid you farewell, sincerely wishing, that as men and christians, ye may always fully and uninterruptedly enjoy every civil and religious right. Thomas Paine

The country has become much more conservative, partly because it's been taken over by the religious right. Bill Maher

In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs. David Herbert Donald

Close letter words and terms

religious priest religious refugee religious residence religious rights religious rite religious ritual