Far-left
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Far-left is an adjective meaning (politics) Of or pertaining to the far left.
Meaning
(politics) Of or pertaining to the far left.
Example Sentences
In another worrying development for Germany’s mainstream, the fledgling Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) – a far-left party that has questioned the country’s support for Ukraine and shares some of the AfD’s anti-immigration streak – came third in both states, despite only being founded earlier this year.
Stenfeldt’s research on Nils Flyg’s and Sven Olov Lindholm’s transition from far-left to the far-right and vice versa during the interwar years is a great example of how Freeden’s morphology of ideologies can be used to not only study ideologies of the far-right, but also to study how ideologies relate to each other and to conduct comparisons between them.
Synonyms for far-left
Depending on context, synonyms include hard-left, ultraleft.
Antonyms for far-left
Common opposites include far-right.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include far-leftist, hard-left, uberleft, left, ultraleft, leftish.
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