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)

1. (politics) Favoring political and social equality, especially social democratic/democratic socialist, socialist and/or communist.

SynonymsEdit

• liberal (particularly US and Canada)

AntonymsEdit

• right-wing
• conservative

HyponymsEdit

• communist
• socialist
• social democratic / democratic socialist

Related termsEdit

• left wing

TranslationsEdit

supporting political change

• Chinese:

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

• Czech: levicový
• Dutch: links (nl)
• 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
• Romanian: de stânga
• Russian: ле́вый (ru) (lévyj)
• Spanish: izquierdista (es), de izquierda m, f
• Vietnamese: cánh tả