Original sentence: "Wingnut" (sometimes wing-nut) is a pejorative American political term referring to a person who holds extreme, and often irrational, political views
Edited sentence: "Wingnut" (sometimes wing-nut) is a pejorative American political term referring to a person who holds extreme, and often irrational, political views, primarily those considered to be right wing.The word is a shortening of "right-wing nut"