left-wing

See also: leftwing and left wing

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.

AdjectiveEdit

left-wing ‎(comparative more left-wing, superlative most left-wing)

Wikipedia

1. (politics) liberal, socialist and/or radical.

SynonymsEdit

• liberal (particularly US)

AntonymsEdit

• right-wing
• conservative

HyponymsEdit

• communist
• democratic
• liberal
• progressive
• socialist
• anarchist

Related termsEdit

• left wing

TranslationsEdit

supporting political change

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 左派 (zh) ‎(zuǒpài), 左翼 (zh) ‎(zuǒyì)

• Finnish: vasemmisto- (fi), vasemmistolainen (fi)
• French: gauche (fr)
• Georgian: მემარცხენე ‎(memarcxene)
• German: link (de)
• Italian: sinistra (it)

• Japanese: 左派 ‎(さは, saha), 左翼 (ja) ‎(さよく, sayoku)
• Latvian: kreiss
• Portuguese: de esquerda m, f, esquerdista (pt) m, f
• Russian: ле́вый (ru) ‎(lévyj)
• Spanish: izquierdista (es), de izquierda m, f
• Vietnamese: cánh tả