Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person who holds views associated with the political left.

    Linker, Linke

    a person who belongs to the political left

  2. (specifically)Someone who holds socialist or communist-leaning economic views, usually alongside progressive social views; an anticapitalist.

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Tom is a leftist.

  2. I'm leftist and my left hand is dominant.

  3. Technology has not, as predicted, made it easier for leftists.

  4. To keep their power structures intact, corrupt politicians often rail against leftists.

  5. Mary is a leftist.

Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
a person who holds views associated with the political left:

Forms

plural: leftists
Singularleftist
Pluralleftists

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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