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left-leaning

left-leaning adjective: on the left wing politically.

Adjective

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

  1. On the left wing politically.
    Antonyms:
    right-leaning

Antonyms of left-leaning

  • right-leaning

Forms of left-leaning

comparativemore left-leaning
superlativemost left-leaning
alternative formleft leaning
alternative formleftleaning

Origin of left-leaning

From left + leaning.

Questions about left-leaning

What does left-leaning mean?
Left-leaning means on the left wing politically.
What part of speech is left-leaning?
Left-leaning is an adjective.

Words near left-leaning in the dictionary

  1. left-hander
  2. left-handers
  3. left-handiness
  4. left-handwise
  5. left-justified
  6. left-leaning
  7. left-libertarian
  8. left-libertarianism
  9. left-libertarians
  10. left-luggage office
  11. left-luggage offices

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