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leftism

/lef-tist/US // ˈlɛf tɪst //UK // (ˈlɛftɪst) //

左派,左主义,左派主义,左翼主义

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or advocated by the political Left.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He said that while liberals are people he “disagrees with on taxes and government interventionism,” leftists want to target his advertisers, deplatform him and ensure he can’t make a living.

  • So McElveen was dismayed when support and opposition to his policy at first broke along partisan lines, with conservatives interpreting it as just the latest leftist excess.

  • Night after night, Fox News offers prime-time viewers its “leftist-assault-on-speech” show.

  • There was a smooth transition from militant liberalism to what was dubbed New Leftism.

  • The trouble is this: when “leftism” becomes an identity element, it makes leftist politics involuntary.

  • Sarkozy, after all, campaigned against the excesses of 1960s leftism.

  • No sooner does the Left of some party break off and found a new party than it is immediately confronted by its own Leftism.