leftist

English

Etymology

From left +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛftɪst/

Noun

leftist (plural leftists)

1. A person who holds views associated with the political left.

Synonyms

• left-winger

Translations

a person who holds views associated with the political left

• Arabic: يَسَارِيّ m (yasāriyy) يَسَارِيّة f (yasāriyya)
• Catalan: esquerrà (ca), esquerrer (ca)
• Czech: levičák (cs) m
• Esperanto: maldekstrulo
• Finnish: vasemmistolainen (fi)
• Georgian: მემარცხენე (memarcxene)
• German: Linkspolitiker m, links Stehender m, Linker (de) m, Linke (de) f
• Hebrew: שְׂמֹאלָנִי m (s'molaní), שְׂמֹאלָנִית f (s'molanít)
• Italian: sinistroide (it) m or f
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• Kazakh: солшыл (solşyl)
• Macedonian: левичар m (levičar)
• Persian: چپ‌گرا (čap-garâ)
• Polish: lewicowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: esquerdista (pt) m or f
• Spanish: izquierdista (es) m or f, izquierdoso m
• Tagalog: maka-kaliwa
• Turkish: solcu (tr)
• Yiddish: לינקיסט m (linkist)

Adjective

leftist (comparative more leftist, superlative most leftist)

1. Of or pertaining to the political left.

Translations

Pertaining to the political left

• Arabic: يَسَارِيّ m (yasāriyy) يَسَارِيّة f (yasāriyya)
• Azerbaijani: solçu
• Catalan: esquerrà (ca), esquerrer (ca)
• Czech: levicový
• Finnish: vasemmistolainen (fi)
• German: linksorientiert, linksstehend
• Hebrew: שׂמֹאלָנִי (s'molaní)
• Italian: sinistroide (it), sinistrorso (it)
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• Kazakh: солшыл (solşyl)
• Polish: lewicowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: de esquerda, esquerdista (pt)
• Spanish: izquierdista (es) m or f
• Swedish: vänster-
• Yiddish: לינקיסטיש (linkistish)

Derived terms

• far-leftist

Coordinate terms

• centrist
• rightist

See also

• lefty

Anagrams

• ittself, liftest