English Explanatory Dictionary

left-wing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.

Word forms

left-wing more left-wing most left-wing leftwing left wing

Etymology

From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.

Synonyms

left leftish liberal

Antonyms

right-wing conservative

Related words

leftwing left wing

Derived words

left-wing anarchism left-wing anarchist left-winger left-wingy LWNJ
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