"left-wing" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more left-wing [comparative], most left-wing [superlative]
Etymology: From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution. Head templates: {{en-adj}} left-wing (comparative more left-wing, superlative most left-wing)
  1. (politics) Of political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality. Categories (topical): Leftism, Politics Synonyms: left, leftish, liberal, leftwing, left wing Derived forms: left-wing anarchism, left-wing anarchist, left-winger, left-wingy, LWNJ Related terms: leftwing, left wing Translations (favoring political, social, and economic equality): يَسَارِيّ (yasāriyy) (Arabic), 左派 (zuǒpài) (Chinese Mandarin), 左翼 (zuǒyì) (Chinese Mandarin), levicový (Czech), links (Dutch), vasemmisto- (Finnish), vasemmistolainen (Finnish), gauche (French), esquerdista (Galician), მემარცხენე (memarcxene) (Georgian), linke (German), sinistra (Italian), 左派 (saha) (alt: さは) (Japanese), 左翼 (sayoku) (alt: さよく) (Japanese), 좌익 (jwaik) (alt: 左翼) (Korean), 좌파 (jwapa) (alt: 左派) (Korean), kreiss (Latvian), lewicowy (Polish), de esquerda (Portuguese), esquerdista (Portuguese), de stânga (Romanian), ле́вый (lévyj) (Russian), izquierdista (Spanish), de izquierdas (Spanish), ฝ่ายซ้าย (fàai-sáai) (Thai), cánh tả (Vietnamese), tả phái (Vietnamese)

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