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Revision as of 12:23, 16 May 2024

English

Etymology

From left +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

leftist (plural leftists)

  1. (politics, generally) A person who holds views associated with the political left.
    Synonym: left-winger
    Coordinate terms: centrist, rightist
    • 1976, June Teufel Dreyer, China's Forty Millions: Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the People's Republic of China[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 214:
      The first major clash between the two groups occurred in Shih-ho-tzu on January 26, 1967, with the leftists admitting they had suffered a bloody defeat.
  2. (politics, specifically) Someone who holds socialist or communist-leaning economic views, usually alongside progressive social views; an anticapitalist.

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Adjective

leftist (comparative more leftist, superlative most leftist)

  1. Of or pertaining to the political left.

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