"leftist" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈlɛf.tɪst/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlef.tɪst/ [General-Australian] Forms: more leftist [comparative], most leftist [superlative]
Etymology: From left + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|left|ist}} left + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} leftist (comparative more leftist, superlative most leftist)
  1. Of or pertaining to the political left. Derived forms: far-leftist Related terms: lefty Translations (Pertaining to the political left): يَسَارِيّ m يَسَارِيّة (yasāriyy) [feminine] (Arabic), solçu (Azerbaijani), левичарски (levičarski) (Bulgarian), esquerrà (Catalan), esquerrer (Catalan), 左派 (zuǒpài) (Chinese Mandarin), levicový (Czech), venster- (Danish), vasemmistolainen (Finnish), linksorientiert (German), linksstehend (German), שׂמֹאלָנִי (s'molaní) (Hebrew), sinistroide (Italian), sinistrorso (Italian), солшыл (solşyl) (Kazakh), lewicowy (Polish), de esquerda (Portuguese), esquerdista (Portuguese), lȇvī (Serbo-Croatian), lijȇvī (Serbo-Croatian), ле̑вӣ (Serbo-Croatian), лије̑вӣ (Serbo-Croatian), izquierdista (Spanish), vänster- (Swedish), לינקיסטיש (linkistish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-leftist-en-adj-iOsRIsdt

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɛf.tɪst/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlef.tɪst/ [General-Australian] Forms: leftists [plural]
Etymology: From left + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|left|ist}} left + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} leftist (plural leftists)
  1. (politics, generally) A person who holds views associated with the political left. Categories (topical): Politics, People Synonyms: left-winger Translations (a person who holds views associated with the political left): يَسَارِيّ m يَسَارِيّة (yasāriyy) [feminine] (Arabic), левый (ljevyj) [masculine] (Belarusian), левая (ljevaja) [feminine] (Belarusian), левичар (levičar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), esquerrà (Catalan), esquerrer (Catalan), levičák [masculine] (Czech), venstreorienteret [common-gender] (Danish), maldekstrulo (Esperanto), livulo (Esperanto), vasemmistolainen (Finnish), მემარცხენე (memarcxene) (Georgian), Linker [masculine] (German), Linke [feminine] (German), αριστεριστής (aristeristís) [masculine] (Greek), שְׂמֹאלָנִי (s'molaní) [masculine] (Hebrew), שְׂמֹאלָנִית (s'molanít) [feminine] (Hebrew), vinstrimaður [masculine] (Icelandic), sinistroide [feminine, masculine] (Italian), солшыл (solşyl) (Kazakh), левичар (levičar) [masculine] (Macedonian), зүүнтэн (züünten) (Mongolian), چپگرا (čap-gerâ) (Persian), lewicowiec [masculine] (Polish), esquerdista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), stângist [masculine] (Romanian), lèvičār [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ljèvičār [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), лѐвича̄р [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), љѐвича̄р [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), izquierdista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), izquierdoso [masculine] (Spanish), makakaliwa (Tagalog), solcu (Turkish), לינקיסט (linkist) [masculine] (Yiddish), לינקער (linker) [masculine] (Yiddish), לינקע (linke) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-leftist-en-noun-aZOcgM61 Disambiguation of People: 10 62 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 53 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 78 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 9 80 11 Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'a person who holds views associated with the political left': 90 10
  2. (politics, specifically) Someone who holds socialist or communist-leaning economic views, usually alongside progressive social views; an anticapitalist. Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-leftist-en-noun-4lZFGAlt Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: far leftist, regressive leftist

Inflected forms

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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
          "word": "лије̑вӣ"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
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        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
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          "code": "yi",
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      "ipa": "/ˈlef.tɪst/",
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      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
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    },
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ljevaja",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "левая"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "levičar",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "левичар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "word": "esquerrà"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "word": "esquerrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "levičák"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "venstreorienteret"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "word": "maldekstrulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "word": "livulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "word": "vasemmistolainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "memarcxene",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "word": "მემარცხენე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Linker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Linke"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aristeristís",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αριστεριστής"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "s'molaní",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שְׂמֹאלָנִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "s'molanít",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שְׂמֹאלָנִית"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vinstrimaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinistroide"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "solşyl",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "word": "солшыл"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "levičar",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "левичар"
    },
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "züünten",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "word": "зүүнтэн"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čap-gerâ",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "word": "چپگرا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lewicowiec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esquerdista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stângist"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lèvičār"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ljèvičār"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лѐвича̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "љѐвича̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "izquierdista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "izquierdoso"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "word": "makakaliwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "word": "solcu"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "linkist",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "לינקיסט"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "linker",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "לינקער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "linke",
      "sense": "a person who holds views associated with the political left",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "לינקע"
    }
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}

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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "yasāriyy",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "solçu"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "levičarski",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "левичарски"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "esquerrà"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "esquerrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuǒpài",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "左派"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "levicový"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "venster-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "vasemmistolainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "linksorientiert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "linksstehend"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "s'molaní",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "שׂמֹאלָנִי"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "sinistroide"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "sinistrorso"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "solşyl",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "солшыл"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "lewicowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "de esquerda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "esquerdista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "lȇvī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "lijȇvī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "ле̑вӣ"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "лије̑вӣ"
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      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
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      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
      "word": "vänster-"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
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      "sense": "Pertaining to the political left",
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