hard left
hard left noun: the section of the left wing that supports traditional socialist policies, distinguished from the social democratic centre-left and the communist and anarchist far left. Also the alternative form of hard-left.
Noun
hard left
- The section of the left wing that supports traditional socialist policies, distinguished from the social democratic centre-left and the communist and anarchist far left.
- This new hard left includes several interesting social strands. There is the far left, close to the Communist Party, with its naive assumptions about the unity of interest and purpose among working class people1961, New Society
- Though the Left is stronger in the party than ever before, it is divided into different factions such as "soft left", led by Michael Foot and Kinnock, "hard left" led by Tony Benn and the Tribune Group, and the "far left" consisting of various groups of Trotskyites.1983, Janata
- Antonyms:
- soft left
- Synonym of far left.
- Synonyms:
- far left
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, left.
Also used as
hard left is also the alternative form of hard-left.
Synonyms of hard left
Antonyms
- soft left
Forms of hard left
| comparative | harder left |
|---|---|
| superlative | hardest left |
Questions about hard left
- What does hard left mean?
- Hard left means the section of the left wing that supports traditional socialist policies, distinguished from the social democratic centre-left and the communist and anarchist far left.
- What part of speech is hard left?
- Hard left is a noun.
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