leftist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person who holds views associated with the political left.
Someone who holds socialist or communist-leaning economic views, usually alongside progressive social views; an anticapitalist.

adj

/ˈlɛf.tɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-StuckInLagToad-leftist.wav /ˈlef.tɪst/

leftist leftists more leftist most leftist

From left + -ist.

left-winger

lefty

far leftist regressive leftist nonleftist ultraleftist far-leftist

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