leftist
UK/ˈlɛf.tɪst/
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Australia/ˈlef.tɪst/
leftist noun: a person who holds views associated with the political left.
Noun
leftist (plural leftists)
- A person who holds views associated with the political left.
- The first major clash between the two groups occurred in Shih-ho-tzu on January 26, 1967, with the leftists admitting they had suffered a bloody defeat.1976, June Teufel Dreyer, China's Forty Millions: Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the People's Republic of China, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 214
- Synonyms:
- left-winger
- Someone who holds socialist or communist-leaning economic views, usually alongside progressive social views; an anticapitalist.
Adjective
leftist (comparative more leftist, superlative most leftist)
- Of or pertaining to the political left.
- In law school, when we students thought the outcome of a case was determined by a rule we had studied, leftist professors admonished us, “Tools not rules!” In other words, rules control nothing; they’re merely tools you manipulate for the results you want. The fancy word for this kind of amorality...2023 November 29 – December 5, Rob Natelson, “Why I Still Doubt the 2020 Election”, in The Epoch Times, U.S. edition, number 488, A, page 17
leftist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
leftist in Hindi
- a person who holds views associated with the political left
- वामपंथी vāmpanthī
- pertaining to the political left
- वामपंथ vāmpanth
leftist in Tamil
- அரசியல் இடதுசாரி
leftist in Bengali
- leftist
- বামপন্থী bamponthi
leftist in Malayalam
- leftist
- ഇടത്തൻ iṭattaṉ
More languagesFewer languages
- leftist in Punjabi
- ਖੱਬਾ khabbā
- leftist in Tagalog
- makakaliwa
- leftist in Arabic
- يَسَارِيّ m يَسَارِيّة yasāriyy
- leftist in Persian
- چپگرا čap-gerâ
- leftist in Thai
- ฝ่ายซ้าย fàai-sáai
Synonyms of leftist
Forms of leftist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | leftists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more leftist |
| superlative | most leftist |
Origin of leftist
From left + -ist.
Words formed from leftist
Questions about leftist
- What does leftist mean?
- Leftist means a person who holds views associated with the political left.
- What is leftist in Hindi?
- Leftist in Hindi is वामपंथी (vāmpanthī), वामपंथ (vāmpanth). See Leftist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is leftist?
- Leftist can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce leftist?
- Leftist is pronounced /ˈlɛf.tɪst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of leftist?
- The plural of leftist is leftists.
Words near leftist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: leftist (page history and authors); leftist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বামপন্থী (Bengali) (page history and authors); ഇടത്തൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਖੱਬਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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