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far-left

far-left adjective: of or pertaining to the far left.

Adjective

far-left (comparative more far-left, superlative most far-left)

  1. Of or pertaining to the far left.
    • 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...2021, Hugo Engholm, “The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right...
    • 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...2024 September 2, Christian Edwards, Claudio Otto, Matties Otto and Nadine Schmidt, “AfD becomes first far-right party to win German state election since 1945”, in CNN, archived from the original on...
    Synonyms:
    hard-left, ultraleft
    Antonyms:
    far-right

far-left meaning in Thai and Vietnamese

far-left in Thai

very leftist
ฝ่ายซ้ายจัด fàai sáai jàt

far-left in Vietnamese

very leftist
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Synonyms of far-left

Antonyms

Forms of far-left

comparativemore far-left
superlativemost far-left

Origin of far-left

Adjectival form of far left.

Questions about far-left

What does far-left mean?
Far-left means of or pertaining to the far left.
What is far-left in Thai?
Far-left in Thai is ฝ่ายซ้ายจัด (fàai sáai jàt). See Far-left meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is far-left?
Far-left is an adjective.

Words near far-left in the dictionary

  1. far-fetchedness
  2. far-field
  3. far-flung
  4. far-flungness
  5. far-gone
  6. far-left
  7. far-lefter
  8. far-lefters
  9. far-leftist
  10. far-leftists
  11. far-off

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