Leftist

Quick meaning: Leftist is a noun meaning (politics, generally) A person who holds views associated with the political left.

Meaning

(politics, generally) A person who holds views associated with the political left.

More Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to the political left.
2. (politics, specifically) Someone who holds socialist or communist-leaning economic views, usually alongside progressive social views; an anticapitalist.

Example Sentences

The first major clash between the two groups occurred in Shih-ho-tzu on January 26, 1967, with the leftists admitting they had suffered a bloody defeat.

In law school, when we students thought the outcome of a case was determined by a rule we had studied, leftist professors admonished us, “Tools not rules!” In other words, rules control nothing; they’re merely tools you manipulate for the results you want. The fancy word for this kind of amorality is “instrumentalism,” and it subverts the rule of law.

Word Forms

• leftists

Synonyms for leftist

Depending on context, synonyms include left-winger, left, collectivist, left-wing, left-of-center.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include left-winger, left-wing, collectivist, left-of-center, left, right-wing.

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