right-wing extremism
political alignment on the extreme end of right-wing politics
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Summary
right-wing extremism is a political alignment[1]. It draws 35,130 Wikipedia views per month (political alignment category, ranking #3 of 10).[2]
Key Facts
- Based on: organicism[3]
- Subclass of: right-wing[4], extremism[5]
- Part of: right-wing[6], left–right politics[7], radical politics[8]
- Commons category: Far-right politics[9]
- Opposite of: far-left politics[10]
- Has part(s): fascism[11], Nazism[12], Falangism[13], neo-fascism[14], neo-Nazism[15], Third Position[16], alt-right[17], supremacism[18], National Bolshevism[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Far-right politics[20]
- Described at URL: https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/EN/topics/right-wing-extremism/right-wing-extremism_node.html[21]
- Described by source: Red Blue Translator[22]
- Participant in: Wedding of Hate[23]
- Has effect: oppression[24], political violence[25], forced assimilation[26], ethnic cleansing[27], genocide[28], religious persecution[29], homophobia[30], right-wing violence[31], political repression[32]
- Has characteristic: ultranationalism[33], authoritarianism[34], nativism[35], conservatism[36], chauvinism[37], xenophobia[38], theocracy[39], racism[40], homophobia[41], transphobia[42], reaction[43]
- Different from: centre-right[44], far-right[45]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[46]
Why It Matters
right-wing extremism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 114 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]