left-winger
- noun
- /ˈlɛftˌwɪŋɡər/
- As a dedicated left-winger, she often participates in rallies for workers' rights and equality.
- Israeli left-wingers
- American left-wingers
And the council culture doesn't come after people who are right wing, They come after left wingers.
- And the council culture doesn't come after people who are right wing, They come after left wingers.
- I must say, I do see a lot of people on the right condemning, condemning political violence against left wingers.
Examples
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The party then split and the pacifistic and more socialistic left wingers joined a new party, the USPD.
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I presented the data that was incontrovertible, and not a single left-winger would respond to it!
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I think even a left-winger such as yourself could admit to that.
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Yet another example of how a left-winger claims to be moderate.
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McCarthy needed to manufacture a list of supposed left-wingers in the Army to further his agenda.
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The radicals and the left-wingers who, ten years before, had dreamt of changing America through revolution did nothing.
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The prime targets were dissident left-wingers of the kind Oswald appeared to be.
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In his opening comments, Fa'al notes that he had read many articles about Israeli left-wingers but was most impressed by Sand's writings.
Academic text (2015) -
Carlson was replaced not by a left-winger, but by Dancin' David Gregory.
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Not to mention the hordes of left-wingers and others who demanded that Bush sign on to TARP.
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Synonyms
A person who supports social change and people's rights
A person who supports more social equality and government help in the economy
A person with mild left-wing political views less extreme than a communist
A person who supports political freedom, social change and basic rights
A person who supports left-wing political views
A person who supports political ideas that want social change, sometimes used as an insult
A person who supports workers and their unions
A person who strongly supports social change and personal freedoms
Antonyms
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Etymology
Left-winger comes from the way politicians sat in old meetings: people who sat on the left were the 'left', and the wing meant a 'side' of a group. So a left-winger is someone on the 'left side' in politics who wants social change and more equality.