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leftist

[lef-tist] / ˈlɛf tɪst /


ADJECTIVE
left-wing
Synonyms


NOUN
left-winger
Synonyms




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In 2019, he assisted the campaigns of several leftist Peronist candidates in provincial races in Argentina, and later founded his own consultancy, Numen.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

Mamdani offered an amiable leftist alternative to “making the trains run on time,” flexing state power to make life easier and more affordable for average citizens.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Under the departing President Gustavo Petro, a former leftist guerrilla, the government embarked on simultaneous peace negotiations with about a dozen narco-trafficking groups to urge them to disarm and abandon drug smuggling.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Spain’s leftist governing party oversaw passage of a new policy that allows some unauthorized migrants to apply for legal status, bringing them formally into the workforce of an aging nation.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

The animating figure was Caltech chemist Linus Pauling, a Nobel laureate known for his strong leftist views and stem-winding oratorical flair.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

At one end, are the modern-day “sewer socialists”—named for Milwaukee leftists who focused on incremental, pragmatic local governance in the early 1900s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

According to Mark Bray, a professor of history at Rutgers University, the term was picked up across Europe in the 1980s and ’90s and adopted by a broad swath of leftists, anarchists and anti-authoritarian socialists.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2025

He assigned his student a scholarly monograph, “Alienation: Marx’s Conception of Man in a Capitalist Society,” to begin his long education in how leftists think.

From Salon Jan. 7, 2025

"Some leftists will vote for them," said Mr Kiszczyc, 69, who emigrated to Michigan from Poland in the 1980s.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2024

Driving out the Turks to gain national independence in 1878 is remembered, as is the abortive uprising of the leftists against the government in September 1923.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut




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