Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a person who belongs to the political left.
  • adjective same as left-wing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who holds views associated with the political left.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to the political left.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective believing in or supporting tenets of the political left
  • noun a person who belongs to the political left

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Examples

  • [JT Davis]: You don't even know what a leftist is anymore ...

    Balkinization 2007

  • [JT Davis]: You don't even know what a leftist is anymore ...

    Balkinization 2007

  • [JT Davis]: You don't even know what a leftist is anymore ...

    Balkinization 2007

  • [JT Davis]: You don't even know what a leftist is anymore ...

    Balkinization 2007

  • [JT Davis]: You don't even know what a leftist is anymore ...

    Balkinization 2007

  • [JT Davis]: You don't even know what a leftist is anymore ...

    Balkinization 2007

  • [JT Davis]: You don't even know what a leftist is anymore ...

    Balkinization 2007

  • [JT Davis]: You don't even know what a leftist is anymore ...

    Balkinization 2007

  • [JT Davis]: You don't even know what a leftist is anymore ...

    Balkinization 2007

  • [JT Davis]: You don't even know what a leftist is anymore ...

    Balkinization 2007

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