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centre-left en · ADJ

Etymology

From centre + left.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants.
    • South Korea holds parliamentary elections on 11 April. Lee's conservative party is expected to lose ground to the centre-left opposition, but a small hint of peace from the North will do him no harm at all. Lee can hardly have expected such a gift. 29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumeshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948

Forms

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center-left alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

centre-right

Translations (6)

ca centreesquerra (leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants) · hu balközép (leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants) · pl centrolewicowy (leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants) · vi trung tả (leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants) · ka მემარცხენე-ცენტრისტული (leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants) · ka ცენტრისტულ-მემარცხენე (leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants)