left-wing

See also: leftwing and left wing

English

Alternative forms

• leftwing, left wing

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. (politics) Of political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.

Synonyms

• left, leftish
• liberal (particularly US and Canada)

Antonyms

• right-wing
• conservative

Hyponyms

• communist
• socialist
• social democratic / democratic socialist

Derived terms

• left-wing anarchism
• left-wing anarchist
• left-winger
• left-wingy

 

Related terms

• left wing

Translations

favoring social equality

• Chinese:

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

• Czech: levicový (cs)
• Dutch: links (nl)
• Finnish: vasemmisto- (fi), vasemmistolainen (fi)
• French: gauche (fr)
• Galician: esquerdista (gl)
• Georgian: მემარცხენე (memarcxene)
• German: linke (de)
• Italian: sinistra (it)
• Japanese: 左派 (ja) (さは, saha), 左翼 (ja) (さよく, sayoku)
• Korean: 좌익(左翼) (jwaik), 좌파(左派) (jwapa)
• Latvian: kreiss
• Portuguese: de esquerda, esquerdista (pt)
• Romanian: de stânga
• Russian: ле́вый (ru) (lévyj)
• Spanish: izquierdista (es), de izquierdas
• Thai: ฝ่ายซ้าย (th) (fàai-sáai)
• Vietnamese: cánh tả