Old Leftn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d) ˈlɛft/, U.S.

/ˈoʊ(ld) ˈlɛft/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., left n.

Etymology: < old adj. + left n. Compare old Right (see quot. 1941 at sense 1), and later New Left n. (compare note at that entry) and New Right n.

Usually with the.

1. Politics (now U.S.). The older liberal elements in social-democratic activism, esp. as distinguished from the more radical New Left that arose during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Also as adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > old left or liberal

new school1806

liberality1822

Old Left1941

1941 H. Rauschning Redemption of Democracy iv. 138 Shall it be political forces from the old Left or the old Right that are to provide the dominant and, in future, irremovable elite?

1960 New Left Rev. Sept. 11/2 Side by side with the Old Left—and, at the present moment, ‘objectively’ reinforcing it—is a New Left, growing in strength.

1967 Time 28 Apr. 14 The Old Left organized and proselyted, playing its part in bringing about the American welfare state.

1985 Music Week 2 Feb. 2/3 Holly Near, a feminist whose concerns are what might be termed ‘old left’ (others among us merely consider them humanistic).

2000 J. C. McWilliams 1960s Cultural Revol. ii. 29 Politically inspired by the Old Left, Hayden had just returned from the South where, as a civil rights activist, he had been beaten by the Ku Klux Klan.

2. British Politics. The more socialist wing of the Labour Party, as distinct from the liberal and centrist wing which became dominant in the 1980s and 1990s.

ΚΠ

1985 Amer. Hist. Rev. 90 937/1 The modish New Left (that is, the stalest Old Left) assumptions or the opposite, less trendy premises.

1990 K. O. Morgan People's Peace (BNC) 461 The parliamentary party elected..Michael Foot, ex-Bevanite and present unilateralist, the authentic voice of the old left.

1998 Independent on Sunday 20 Sept. i. 15/1 The Blairist ‘Third Way’ between the old left and the new right.

2000 N. Fairclough New Labour, New Lang. i. 26 I talk of a third way—between the old-style intervention of the old left and the laissez-faire of the new right.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old left
释义	Old Leftn.adj. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈlɛft/, U.S. /ˈoʊ(ld) ˈlɛft/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., left n. Etymology: < old adj. + left n. Compare old Right (see quot. 1941 at sense 1), and later New Left n. (compare note at that entry) and New Right n. Usually with the. 1. Politics (now U.S.). The older liberal elements in social-democratic activism, esp. as distinguished from the more radical New Left that arose during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Also as adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > old left or liberal new school1806 liberality1822 Old Left1941 1941 H. Rauschning Redemption of Democracy iv. 138 Shall it be political forces from the old Left or the old Right that are to provide the dominant and, in future, irremovable elite? 1960 New Left Rev. Sept. 11/2 Side by side with the Old Left—and, at the present moment, ‘objectively’ reinforcing it—is a New Left, growing in strength. 1967 Time 28 Apr. 14 The Old Left organized and proselyted, playing its part in bringing about the American welfare state. 1985 Music Week 2 Feb. 2/3 Holly Near, a feminist whose concerns are what might be termed ‘old left’ (others among us merely consider them humanistic). 2000 J. C. McWilliams 1960s Cultural Revol. ii. 29 Politically inspired by the Old Left, Hayden had just returned from the South where, as a civil rights activist, he had been beaten by the Ku Klux Klan. 2. British Politics. The more socialist wing of the Labour Party, as distinct from the liberal and centrist wing which became dominant in the 1980s and 1990s. ΚΠ 1985 Amer. Hist. Rev. 90 937/1 The modish New Left (that is, the stalest Old Left) assumptions or the opposite, less trendy premises. 1990 K. O. Morgan People's Peace (BNC) 461 The parliamentary party elected..Michael Foot, ex-Bevanite and present unilateralist, the authentic voice of the old left. 1998 Independent on Sunday 20 Sept. i. 15/1 The Blairist ‘Third Way’ between the old left and the new right. 2000 N. Fairclough New Labour, New Lang. i. 26 I talk of a third way—between the old-style intervention of the old left and the laissez-faire of the new right. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1941
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