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leftist

[lef-tist] / ˈlɛf tɪst /


ADJECTIVE
left-wing
Synonyms


NOUN
left-winger
Synonyms




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Veteran leftist Lula is seeking a fourth non-consecutive term, boasting he is fitter than ever despite his advanced age.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The ascension of Paz broke almost two decades of leftist rule by the Movement for Socialism party of ex-President Evo Morales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Sheinbaum denied any involvement by the former leftist president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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

He was a leftist leader, and he was afire with the most uncontrollable passion: justice.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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

Ms. Sheinbaum’s parents were both leftists and involved in the sciences, and she was raised in a secular household in Mexico City in the 1960s and 70s, a time of considerable political agitation in Mexico.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 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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