direitismo

Portuguese

Etymology

From direita (“right”) +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ɾejˈt͡ʃiz.mu/ [d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiz.mu]

• (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/

• (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)

1. 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