far left
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- adjective
- /fɑr lɛft/
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extrema izquierda
- The far left faction of the party often pushes for policies that challenge the status quo.
Oh, you're just a far left idiot.
- Oh, you're just a far left idiot.
- That's to my taste is, is is too far left now.
- The scariest thing is this worldwide trend going far left.
- But anyway, Musk says that Kamala Harris is far, far left and they're trying to rewrite the narrative.
- It's people that are religious and people that are very far left, feminist.
- I think most people who are not far, far left socialist would not agree with with that happening.
- So that is associated with being far right, not not far left.
- I think that there's also, you know, you talk about like far left groups entering that chat, so to speak.
- So Long story short, in both cases, agenda is to push them as far left as possible.
- This is like far left, you know, divisive political imagery.
- Look, Republicans paint food aid as far left.
- Remove the shit, remove the toxic, remove the far left rot.
- You've seen the counter protesters, the antifas, the unite against the fascists, all them sort of far left maniacs.
Examples
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Because the Dems have gone so far left, the centrists had no place else to go.
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Has the world gone so far left that actually, you know, just being a centrist feels far right?
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We have made it so that the far left and far right have already made their decisions.
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Yeah, it became the new left and right or the new far left, far right, whatever.
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I have no desire to be the rock star of the far left of this nation.
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I think Biden has got to appease the left, the far left of his base.
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Radical moods are on the rise, hunger marches and strikes are increasing and the far left and far right are growing in strength.
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They nominated George McGovern, a kind of far left candidate who lost massively to Richard Nixon that year.
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Many members of the far left advocate for significant changes in economic policy to address social inequalities.
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During the rally, speakers from the far left called for a complete overhaul of the political system.
Synonyms
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People or groups that support more social equality and government help
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People with very extreme political or social views who are outside the main group
A rude name for people on the far left with very strong political ideas
Antonyms
How Left-wing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'the most radical or extreme left-wing part' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'far' (indicating extremity) with 'left' (political orientation). This compositional pattern is standard and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Far left comes from old meeting rooms and the French Revolution, where the most radical people sat on the left side and those at the very end were the far left. So, today far left means the most 'radical' or 'extreme' part of the left in politics.