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Leftism|ˈlɛftɪz(ə)m|
Also leftism.
[f. left n. 2 c + -ism.]
The political views or principles of ‘the left’.
1920Oxf. Mag. 19 Nov. 94/1 Mr. Clutton-Brock has consented to read a paper on ‘Left-ism’. 1921N. Angell Fruits of Victory v. 165 No sooner does the Left of some party break off and found a new party than it is immediately confronted by its own Leftism. 1945‘G. Orwell’ in Contemp. Jewish Record VIII. 169 During the past few years there has been what amounts to a counter-attack against the rather shallow Leftism which was fashionable in the previous decade. 1960Guardian 13 June 9/3 The 40th anniversary of the publication of Lenin's book on Leftism. 1967C. Seton-Watson Italy from Liberalism to Fascism iv. 160 Labriola was the first Italian to present socialism not as the natural offspring of the leftism of the Risorgimento but as a philosophical system. 1971Guardian 4 Aug. 10/4 There is still a lot of old fashioned and sentimental Leftism (hanging over from much bad verse written in the late 1930s). 1973Listener 19 July 91/2 The infantile Leftism of the fellow⁓traveller. |