leftist
A person who holds views associated with the political left.
Other meanings
Someone who holds socialist or communist-leaning economic views, usually alongside progressive social views; an anticapitalist.
Related words
- nonleftist
- ultraleftist
- far leftist
- regressive leftist
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “leftist” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.