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leftist

[lef-tist] / ˈlɛf tɪst /


ADJECTIVE
left-wing
Synonyms


NOUN
left-winger
Synonyms




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Cárdenas was a bad debater and a dull speaker who read his speeches and rarely flashed a smile, said Manuel Camacho, a top leftist politician, in a 2014 interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

When he became president in 2003, he came to office as the first leftist leader of Brazil in nearly half a century.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Lula "represents everything that I am," said 22-year-old Gabriela Ferreira at a leftist demonstration in the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Watters wanted to compress El-Sayed into a caricature, a radical leftist Muslim candidate who could be made alien and threatening to the people watching at home.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

The animating figure was Caltech chemist Linus Pauling, a Nobel laureate known for his strong leftist views and stem-winding oratorical flair.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

But his tone has changed slightly following input from younger leftists, and the incumbent now calls himself the "king of the selfie."

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

At one end, are the modern-day “sewer socialists”—named for Milwaukee leftists who focused on incremental, pragmatic local governance in the early 1900s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

He assigned his student a scholarly monograph, “Alienation: Marx’s Conception of Man in a Capitalist Society,” to begin his long education in how leftists think.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

In this ethos of supporting access to literature, especially for Black leftists, Noname began a book club in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2024

Driving out the Turks to gain national independence in 1878 is remembered, as is the abortive uprising of the leftists against the government in September 1923.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut


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