leftist

Speech parts

1. leftist - Noun

2. leftist - Adjective

3. leftist - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

believing in or supporting tenets of the political left

a person who belongs to the political left

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

collectivist left-winger left-of-center communist fabian democrat bolshevik Marxist Maoist left red liberal lefty firebrand radical
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Antonyms

republican center tory praetorian right bourbon
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Hypernyms

socialist

Hyponyms

pink pinko

Phrases with the word

leftist insurgencies more leftist most leftist leftist organizations

Anagrams

ittself

Examples

Cleansed of its leftist residues, anarchy - anarchism minus Marxism - will be free to get better at being what it is. Bob Black

If it is correct to say that there will always be rightist temperaments and leftist temperaments, it is nevertheless also correct to say that political philosophy is neither rightist nor leftist; it must simply be true. Jacques Maritain

A leftist government doesn't exist because being on the left has nothing to do with governments. [citation needed]. Gilles Deleuze

A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy. Camille Paglia

But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of policies just is not reflective of their opinions. Clarence Thomas

I'm not in the leftist controlled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of my political views, primarily my lifelong militant support of the NRA, the Second Amendment, and my belief that the only good bad guy is a dead bad guy. Ted Nugent

Close letter words and terms

leftie leftish leftism leftist insurgencies leftist organizations Leftley