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leftist

leftist

63 3.5
A person who supports more social equality and government help in the economy
  • noun
  • /ˈlɛftɪst/
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  • 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.

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Examples

  • I guess when you consider how many artists out there are leftists, it's a huge percentage.

  • How do you feel about the overall prospects for leftist politics and these policies in America right now?

  • 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.

  • And it was written by a leftist who had ties to the Communist Party.

  • And, of course, all of the disappeared were leftists, including our father.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Yet today, many leftist Antifa activists carry communist flags.

  • One of the things that you'll notice that the leftists in this country do is they shield people from information.

  • 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

liberal
vsleftist
651 3.9

A person who supports social change and people's rights

tilts more toward collective or socialist policies rather than individual focus
progressive
vsleftist
105 5.1

A person who supports social and political change to make society fairer

leans more toward socialist policy advocacy rather than only reform goals
pink
vsleftist
  • Archaic
11 8.6

A person with mild left-wing political views less extreme than a communist

is stronger, including those who back explicit socialist policies
left-winger
vsleftist
8 4.2

A person who supports ideas for more equality and public services

is the same term for that political position
lefter
vsleftist
8.1

A person who supports left-wing political views

focuses more on advocating progressive or socialist policies specifically
laborist
vsleftist
  • US
7.9

A person who supports workers and their unions

is broader, covering left politics beyond a solely labor focus
ultraliberal
vsleftist
7.2

A person who strongly supports social change and personal freedoms

tends to promote progressive or socialist policies rather than extreme liberalism

Antonyms

4 7.2

A person who supports conservative political ideas

Compounds

A set of left-leaning policies that critics see as moving society backward

How Left

communist
144 3.5
socialist
155 4.2
progressive
105 5.1
leftist
63 3.5
centrist
24 4.2
conservative
4.6

Surface Forms

leftist singular
leftists plural

Morphology

leftist = left (transparent) = left + ist

Standard agentive/relational formation using '-ist' to indicate a person who supports or belongs to the political left.

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.