leftist
- noun
- /ˈlɛftɪst/
- Many leftists believe that universal healthcare is essential for social equality.
- radical leftists
- communists and leftists
- liberals and leftists
And the the the leftists don't understand that this is a lure.
- And the the the leftists don't understand that this is a lure.
- So one thing if you're a leftist, if you're a former BMP, it's even worse.
- And it managed to annoy leftists by portraying Nazis as black people.
- Of course in the founders, the founders of BLM are hardcore leftists in partisan politics.
- So the cries against the degenerate leftists have kind of lost their potency.
- And, and they're not what they're often portrayed as being, you know, kind of silly and naive and knee jerk leftists and that they're not at all like that.
- There was a rising conversation on the Internet and elsewhere around Mother's Day by these leftists that we don't need children.
- But they got the Islamists into power, and the next minute all the leftists were killed.
- And no discussion, no debate because I'm, I'm actually desperate to get a like a staunch leftist on the show.
- But like right now, there are times I see the political landscape where I have more in common with the populist leftists than I do the centrists in my own party.
- And look, I don't agree with a lot of the stuff, but the leftists, they invited this by over reaching on the other side.
- But I would rather sit down with a logical and reasonable leftist like Jim Flynn than a person who agrees with me for all the wrong reasons.
- She goes now look at extreme leftists and the KKK.
- So the KKK and woke leftists.
Examples
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I guess when you consider how many artists out there are leftists, it's a huge percentage.
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How do you feel about the overall prospects for leftist politics and these policies in America right now?
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I notice from watching you pick up your glass that you are a leftist, like your father.
Fiction book (1995) -
When you told her that you had been a leftist, you know, and that you had been in jail, her mouth was hanging open.
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And it was written by a leftist who had ties to the Communist Party.
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And, of course, all of the disappeared were leftists, including our father.
Fiction book (2000) -
Yet today, many leftist Antifa activists carry communist flags.
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One of the things that you'll notice that the leftists in this country do is they shield people from information.
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In your opinion, what is the outlook for Latin American leftists, considering all the social, ecological, and feminist movements?
Academic text (1993) -
But like right now, there are times I see the political landscape where I have more in common with the populist leftists than I do the centrists in my own party.
Synonyms
A person who supports social change and people's rights
A person who supports social and political change to make society fairer
A person with mild left-wing political views less extreme than a communist
A person who supports ideas for more equality and public services
A person who supports left-wing political views
A person who supports workers and their unions
A person who strongly supports social change and personal freedoms
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
A set of left-leaning policies that critics see as moving society backward
How Left
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Leftist is made from left and the ending -ist, where -ist means 'a person who supports', as in artist. A helpful way to remember it is that long ago those who wanted change sat on the left, so a leftist is a person who supports the political left and its ideas for more equality and government action.