Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Rightist deviationistic / Right-leaning: A political term describing an attitude, tendency, or ideology that is excessively conservative, opposes reform and progressive change, and is inclined to make concessions to opposing forces, often seen as a deviation from a more radical or revolutionary line.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Tư tưởng hữu khuynh cần được phê phán. (Rightist deviationist ideology must be criticized.)
  • Anh ta bị buộc tội có khuynh hướng hữu khuynh. (He was accused of having a right-leaning tendency.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in political discourse, particularly within socialist or communist theoretical frameworks, to criticize ideological opponents or internal factions deemed insufficiently revolutionary.
• It is often paired with its opposite, "tả khuynh" (leftist deviationistic), which describes an excessively radical or adventurist deviation.

Variants and Related Words

• Tư tưởng hữu khuynh (n): Rightist deviationism. The systematic ideology or practice associated with the right-leaning tendency.
  • Cuộc đấu tranh chống tư tưởng hữu khuynh. (The struggle against rightist deviationism.)

Synonyms

• Right-leaning
• Excessively conservative
• Reactionary (in specific political contexts)
• Deviationist (with a rightist character)

Related Idioms

• "Khuynh hữu": This is a less common, abbreviated form with the same meaning. The standard term is "hữu khuynh".
• The concept is central to the idiom "chống tả khuynh và hữu khuynh" (to struggle against both leftist and rightist deviations).

1. Rightist deviationistic
   • Tư tưởng hữu khuynh
     Rightist deviationism