Of, relating to, or characteristic of a person, group, or political party which favours progressive or reformist policies intended to achieve greater…

Frequently with capital initial. Originally: revolutionary; republican; anarchistic. Later: communist, socialist; spec. of or relating to the…

Characterized by or relating to views which are towards the left of a spectrum of opinion; spec. of, belonging to, or supporting the political…

Of, relating to, or characteristic of left-wing people, parties, or politics; supportive of or sympathetic to reformist or progressive ideas, groups…

Inclined or tending to the political views of the left.

of, relating to, or characteristic of left-wing politics or ideology.

= left-wingish adj.

Characterized by or relating to views to the left of a spectrum of opinion, esp. in politics. Frequently somewhat depreciative. Cf. left wing, adj.

sympathetic to or tending towards the left in politics.