BSW

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proper noun

Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, a left-conservative political party.

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Meanings

BSW1

nounBSW (plural BSWs)

plural BSWs

  1. abbreviationinitialismeducationInitialism of bachelor of social work.
  2. abbreviationinitialismautomotiveInitialism of blind spot warning.
  3. abbreviationinitialismautomotiveInitialism of black sidewall (tyre).

BSW2

proper noun
  1. GermangovernmentSahra Wagenknecht Alliance, a left-conservative political party.

    The three other major parties will be the Free Democrats; the BSW, a left-wing socialist group named after its leader, Sahra Wagenknecht; and lastly Die Linke, a left-wing political party. All three have yet to officially announce their candidates.

    2024 December 16, Sebastian Shukla, Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto, “Germany’s Scholz has lost a confidence vote. Here’s what comes next”, in CNN
    1 more example

    In another worrying development for Germany’s mainstream, the fledgling Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) – a far-left party that has questioned the country’s support for Ukraine and shares some of the AfD’s anti-immigration streak – came third in both states, despite only being founded earlier this year.

    2024 September 2, Christian Edwards, Claudio Otto, Matties Otto and Nadine Schmidt, “AfD becomes first far-right party to win German state election since 1945”, in CNN

Origin

  1. GermanBSW“Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht”
  2. EnglishBSW

Borrowed from German BSW (“Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht”).

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