leftish
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6.1
- adjective
- /ˈlɛtɪʃ/
- Informal
:
progresista
- I will probably be an old woman (and I'm 52 now) before the leftish women in my circle understand how they've been played.
Examples
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By the way, a quintessential old-school leftish personality, Noam Chomsky, just published two articles on the American empire on the internet.
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A leftish administration won in 1936, headed by Leon Blum.
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Since you expect some leftish opposition to a part of your post, let me say this.
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Of course, in America, Buddhists tend to have political views, and mostly leftish ones.
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The intellectual standards on the right are just atrocious nowadays, even compared with the appalling representation of leftish ideas in politics and the media.
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By now, serious leftish commentators are very shy to bring up fascism, fully anticipating that any rational element in a discussion would disappear then.
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Parts of an active role perception, like a distinct motivation to change society and to stand up for the disadvantaged in society, have been associated with leftish political leaning (Lukes, 2003).
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It has, but the idea that there's a cabal of climate scientists distorting the temperature data for murky but leftish reasons is too much for me.
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"This is the sort of case that should make leftish civil libertarians rethink their reflexive antipathy to Scalia and make law-and-order conservatives rethink their reflexive support of the police."
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Many young voters are attracted to leftish movements that advocate for social justice and equality.
Synonyms
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4.4
Having political views that support social change and people's freedoms
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4.2
Supporting social equality and change to help more people
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3.6
Political ideas that want more equality and social change
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6.8
Being slightly left in politics and supporting some social change
To support individual freedom and rights protected by law
Antonyms
How Left
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3.6
- Informal
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6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Leftish comes from left, the political 'left', plus the ending -ish, which means 'somewhat' or 'a bit', as in smallish or reddish. So leftish describes someone or something that supports left-wing ideas a little, but not strongly.