left-wing

left-wing

See also: leftwing and left wing

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

left-wing (comparative more left-wing, superlative most left-wing)

1. (politics) Of political ideologies: favoring political and social equality.

Synonyms

• leftish
• liberal (particularly US and Canada)

Antonyms

• right-wing
• conservative

Hyponyms

• communist
• socialist
• social democratic / democratic socialist

Related terms

• left wing
• left-winger

Translations

supporting political change

Chinese: Mandarin: 左派 (zh) (zuǒpài), 左翼 (zh) (zuǒyì) Czech: levicový Dutch: links (nl) Finnish: vasemmisto- (fi), vasemmistolainen (fi) French: gauche (fr) Galician: esquerdista (gl) f Georgian: მემარცხენე (memarcxene) German: link (de)

Italian: sinistra (it) Japanese: 左派 (ja) (さは, saha), 左翼 (ja) (さよく, sayoku) Latvian: kreiss Portuguese: de esquerda m or f, esquerdista (pt) m or f Romanian: de stânga Russian: ле́вый (ru) (lévyj) Spanish: izquierdista (es), de izquierdas m or f Thai: ฝ่ายซ้าย (th) (fàai-sáai) Vietnamese: cánh tả