"centre-left" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: center-left [alternative]
Etymology: From centre + left. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|centre|left}} centre + left Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} centre-left (not comparable)
  1. (politics) Leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants. Tags: not-comparable Coordinate_terms: centre-right Translations (leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants): centreesquerra [masculine] (Catalan), balközép (Hungarian), centrolewicowy (Polish), trung tả (Vietnamese)

Alternative forms

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