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, (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.

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• leftwing
• left wing

Translations

favoring political, social, and economic equality

• Arabic: يَسَارِيّ (yasāriyy)
• 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
• Malay: sayap kiri (ms)
• Polish: lewicowy (pl)
• 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 (vi), tả phái