leftist

From left +‎ -ist.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛf.tɪst/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈlef.tɪst/

leftist (plural leftists)

1. (politics, generally) A person who holds views associated with the political left.

   Synonym: left-winger

   Coordinate terms: centrist, rightist

   • 1976, June Teufel Dreyer, China's Forty Millions: Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the People's Republic of China‎^[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 214:

     The first major clash between the two groups occurred in Shih-ho-tzu on January 26, 1967, with the leftists admitting they had suffered a bloody defeat.

2. (politics, specifically) Someone who holds socialist or communist-leaning economic views, usually alongside progressive social views; an anticapitalist.

leftist (comparative more leftist, superlative most leftist)

1. Of or pertaining to the political left.

• far-leftist

• lefty

• ittself, liftest