Centre-left
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Centre-left is an adjective meaning (politics) Leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants.
Meaning
(politics) Leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants.
Example Sentences
South Korea holds parliamentary elections on 11 April. Lee's conservative party is expected to lose ground to the centre-left opposition, but a small hint of peace from the North will do him no harm at all. Lee can hardly have expected such a gift.
Word Forms
- center-left
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include centre-right, leftish, left-of-center, left, left-of-centre, right-of-centre.
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