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Of political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: left, leftish, liberal
Antonyms: right-wing, conservative
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
believing in or supporting tenets of the political left
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leftist, left-of-center
Antonyms: none provided
From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
يَسَارِيّ
(yasāriyy)
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Chinese Mandarin:
左派
(zuǒpài)
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Chinese Mandarin:
左翼
(zuǒyì)
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Czech:
levicový
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Dutch:
links
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Esperanto:
maldekstruma
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Finnish:
vasemmisto-
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Finnish:
vasemmistolainen
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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French:
gauche
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Galician:
esquerdista
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Georgian:
მემარცხენე
(memarcxene)
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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German:
linke
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Italian:
sinistra
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Japanese:
左派
(saha)
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Japanese:
左翼
(sayoku)
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Korean:
좌익
(jwaik)
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Korean:
좌파
(jwapa)
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Latvian:
kreiss
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Malay:
sayap kiri
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Polish:
lewicowy
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Portuguese:
de esquerda
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Portuguese:
esquerdista
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Romanian:
de stânga
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Russian:
ле́вый
(lévyj)
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Spanish:
izquierdista
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Spanish:
de izquierdas
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Thai:
ฝ่ายซ้าย
(fàai-sáai)
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Vietnamese:
cánh tả
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
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Vietnamese:
tả phái
— favoring political, social, and economic equality
