See also: leftwing and left wing

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

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

  1. (politics) Of political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.
    Synonyms: left, leftish, (particularly US and Canada) liberal
    Antonyms: right-wing, conservative
    Hyponyms: communist, democratic socialist, social democratic, socialist, socialistic
    • 2007 July 13, Kyle Whitmire, “Suit in U.S. Over Murders in Colombia”, in The New York Times[1]:
      From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified.

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