Swedish edit

 
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Etymology edit

bokstav +‎ -s- +‎ vänster. Attested since 1973.

The term seems to allude both to the fact that various splinter groups at the time added an increasing number of alphabetical letters to distinguish themselves (such as KFML(r)), and to the groups following communist doctrine to the letter (bokstavstrogen).

Noun edit

bokstavsvänster c

  1. (derogatory) doctrinaire political left

Declension edit

Declension of bokstavsvänster 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bokstavsvänster bokstavsvänstern
Genitive bokstavsvänsters bokstavsvänsterns