Left-wing

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.

    "From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified."

Adjective
  1. 1
    believing in or supporting tenets of the political left wordnet

Synonyms

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counterclockwiseleftleft-of-centerleftishleftistliberal

Example

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"Left-wing communism is an infantile disorder."

Etymology

From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.

Related phrases

left-wing anarchismleft-wing anarchistleft-wingerleft-wingy

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