left-wing
language note: The spelling left wing is used for meaning [sense 2].
1. adjective
Left-wing people have political ideas that are based on socialism.
They said they would not be voting for him because he was too left-wing.
Synonyms: socialist, communist, red [informal], radical
2. singular noun
The left wing of a group of people, especially a political party, consists of the members of it whose beliefs are closer to socialism than are those of its other members.
The left-wing of the party is confident that the motion will be carried.
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Collocations:
left-wing opposition left-wing party left-wing policy left-wing politician left-wing politics left-wing view
A left-wing opposition party launched a website detailing the fees he has received from taxpayers.
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The ex-army commander led a coup in 1973 that installed a junta determined to eradicate left-wing opposition groups.
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Moreover, one of the chief reasons for his political longevity, the chaos and incoherence of the left-wing opposition parties, continues to hold.
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The left-wing opposition was approaching majority, but still lacked unity and leadership.
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The party claims to be a left-wing opposition party.
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But they have no desire to form a new, left-wing party.
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He was controversial within his generally left-wing party, however, for his populist, nationalist tone.
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That decision of the parliament decision was partially boycotted by left-wing party deputies.
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It was broadly welcomed yesterday, although left-wing parties said it was not enough.
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A coherent left-wing policy would be to run a looser fiscal policy, issuing more gilts, to increase spending on infrastructure.
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Her more left-wing policies came at the start, such as reinstating the 50p tax rate to help with deficit reduction.
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The nationalists are not merely a party with a preference for more left-wing policies.
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He accused the president of 'scorning' and 'trampling on' his 2012 campaign pledge to introduce left-wing policies.
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Left-wing politicians and educationalists have dreamt for years of abolishing 'the academic/vocational divide'.
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Left-wing politicians once knew this.
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It carried out attacks on a left-wing politician's car and a hostel for refugees in the town.
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Left-wing politicians and intellectuals are split.
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Left-wing politicians and most liberals were opposed to this, and pressured the government to maintain the above mentioned 1956 legislation.
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Bell trained as an art student, and took a lively interest in left-wing politics.
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She remembers her aunt as socially responsible but never especially interested in left-wing politics.
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His left-wing politics thread in sharply.
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Her left-wing politics did not help either.
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His left-wing politics haven't always found an audience; in the 1980s, after a series of documentaries were banned, he almost gave up film-making.
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That's a left-wing view, isn't it?
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The book displays a broadly left-wing view of life.
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He presented a left-wing view of democracy as the means to pass power from the wallet to the ballot.
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As a filmmaker at the time, he had quite left-wing views.
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Its leadership has been dominated by people of left-wing views.
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Translations:
Chinese: 左派的
Japanese: 左派の
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- youthful glow
- youthful idealism
- youthful indiscretion
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