alt-left
A political movement whose supporters hold extreme left-wing views and reject…A political movement whose supporters hold extreme left-wing views and reject mainstream politics. It's a purported political faction espousing an extreme leftist ideology, or one espousing liberal ideology but using extreme, antiestablishment messaging.
Meaning
2 senses(derogatory, uncountable)A political movement whose supporters hold extreme left-wing views and reject mainstream politics. It's a purported political faction espousing an extreme leftist ideology, or one espousing liberal ideology but using extreme, antiestablishment messaging.
(US, derogatory, uncountable)The part of the political spectrum that is considered too left-wing; the extreme or radical left.
Origin
From alt- + left, by analogy with alt-right.From alt- + left, by analogy with alt-right.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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