alt left

A form of alt-left — A political movement whose supporters hold extreme left-wing views and reject mainstream politics. It's a purported political faction espousing an extreme leftist ideology, or one espousing liberal ideology but using extreme, antiestablishment messaging.

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Meanings

nounalt left (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of alt-left.

    We heard about it from Rush, and Fox, not from the alt left fake news purveyors, who chose to ignore and cover-up.

    2017 February 18, Kamakazee, “Alt left fake news having hissy fit for being called out by the duly elected president. Constitutional crisis and all that”, in PoliticalForum (Usenet)
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    The election has now come and gone, full of sound and fury, signifying how much more than nothing, no one is yet sure as recounts are done while the fractured mainstream media (MSM) pontificates, and the alt left and right variants mutter in the Internet shadows.

    2016, Ted Denmark, Winged Messengers: A Contactee Memoir, →ISBN

    But when you have a radical alt left fool appointing radical alt left judges who put radical political agendas above the law, this is what you get.

    2016 December 6, Deplorable Mark, “Alt left radical judge forces Michigan to recount, costing state tens of millions, violating state law”, in Political Euwetopia (Usenet)
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APA

alt left. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alt%20left

MLA

“alt left.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alt%20left. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alt left,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alt%20left.

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