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left-wing en · ADJ

Etymology

From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.

Meanings

1. Of political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.
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Forms

Antonyms

right-wing · conservative

Deriveds

left-wing anarchism · left-winger · left-wing anarchist · left-wingy · LWNJ

Relateds

leftwing · left wing

Synonyms

left · leftish · liberal

Translations (29)

vi tả phái (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · de linke (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · es de izquierdas (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · lv kreiss (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · pt esquerdista (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · cmn 左翼 (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · cs levicový (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · it sinistra (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · ko 좌익 (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · ja 左派 (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · ms sayap kiri (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · th ฝ่ายซ้าย (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · ko 좌파 (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · fi vasemmistolainen (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · gl esquerdista (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · ar يَسَارِيّ (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · pt de esquerda (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · pl lewicowy (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · vi cánh tả (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · es izquierdista (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · fi vasemmisto- (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · ro de stânga (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · nl links (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · fr gauche (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · ka მემარცხენე (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · ja 左翼 (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · eo maldekstruma (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · cmn 左派 (favoring political, social, and economic equality) · ru ле́вый (favoring political, social, and economic equality)