direitismo

Portuguese

Etymology

From direita (“right”) +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ɾejˈt͡ʃiz.mu/ [d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiz.mu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ɾejˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/ [d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ɾejˈt͡ʃiz.mo/ [d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiz.mo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.ɾɐjˈtiʒ.mu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.ɾejˈtiʒ.mu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.ɾejˈtiʒ.mu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.ɾeˈtiʒ.mu/

Hyphenation: di‧rei‧tis‧mo

Noun

direitismo m (usually uncountable, plural direitismos)

rightism (movement pro- or belief in right-wing politics)
Antonym: esquerdismo

Related terms

direitista

Further reading

“direitismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025