leftist

English

Etymology

From left +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛftɪst/

Noun

leftist (plural leftists)

(politics, generally) A person who holds views associated with the political left.
Synonym: left-winger

Coordinate terms: centrist, rightist
- 1976, Dreyer, June Teufel, China's Forty Millions: Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the People's Republic of China‎, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 76-19032, OCLC 185401226, OL 4888121M, page 214:
  The first major clash between the two groups occurred in Shih-ho-tzu on January 26, 1967, with the leftists admitting they had suffered a bloody defeat.
(politics, specifically) Someone who holds socialist or communist-leaning economic views, usually alongside progressive social views; an anticapitalist.

Translations

a person who holds views associated with the political left

Arabic: يَسَارِيّ‎ m (yasāriyy) يَسَارِيّة‎ f (yasāriyya)
Belarusian: левый m (ljevyj), левая f (ljevaja)
Bulgarian: левичар (bg) m (levičar)
Catalan: esquerrà (ca), esquerrer (ca)
Czech: levičák (cs) m
Danish: venstreorienteret c
Esperanto: maldekstrulo, livulo
Finnish: vasemmistolainen (fi)
Georgian: მემარცხენე (memarcxene)
German: Linker (de) m, Linke (de) f (female)
Greek: αριστεριστής (el) m (aristeristís)
Hebrew: שְׂמֹאלָנִי‎ m (s'molaní), שְׂמֹאלָנִית‎ f (s'molanít)
Icelandic: vinstrimaður m
Italian: sinistroide (it) m or f
Kazakh: солшыл (solşyl)
Macedonian: левичар m (levičar)
Mongolian: зүүнтэн (mn) (züünten)
Persian: چپ‌گرا‎ (čap-garâ)
Polish: lewicowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: esquerdista (pt) m or f
Romanian: stângist (ro) m
Serbo-Croatian: lèvičār m, ljèvičār (sh) m, лѐвича̄р m, љѐвича̄р m
Spanish: izquierdista (es) m or f, izquierdoso m
Tagalog: maka-kaliwa
Turkish: solcu (tr)
Yiddish: לינקיסט‎ m (linkist), לינקער‎ m (linker), לינקע‎ f (linke)

Adjective

leftist (comparative more leftist, superlative most leftist)

Of or pertaining to the political left.

Derived terms

far-leftist

Translations

Pertaining to the political left

Arabic: يَسَارِيّ‎ m (yasāriyy) يَسَارِيّة‎ f (yasāriyya)
Azerbaijani: solçu
Bulgarian: левичарски (bg) (levičarski)
Catalan: esquerrà (ca), esquerrer (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 左派 (zh) (zuǒpài)
Czech: levicový (cs)
Danish: venster-
Finnish: vasemmistolainen (fi)
German: linksorientiert (de), linksstehend
Hebrew: שׂמֹאלָנִי‎ (s'molaní)
Italian: sinistroide (it), sinistrorso (it)
Kazakh: солшыл (solşyl)
Polish: lewicowy (pl) m
Portuguese: de esquerda, esquerdista (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: lȇvī (sh), lijȇvī (sh), ле̑вӣ, лије̑вӣ
Spanish: izquierdista (es)
Swedish: vänster-
Yiddish: לינקיסטיש‎ (linkistish)

See also

lefty

Anagrams

ittself, liftest

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