Meanings
adjectivecentre-left (not comparable)
alternative center-left
- not comparablegovernmentLeaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants.
South Korea holds parliamentary elections on 11 April. Lee's conservative party is expected to lose ground to the centre-left opposition, but a small hint of peace from the North will do him no harm at all. Lee can hardly have expected such a gift.
29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumeshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948
Origin
Translations
Catalan centreesquerra
- centreesquerraleaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants
Hungarian balközép
- balközépleaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants
Polish centrolewicowy
- centrolewicowyleaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants
Vietnamese trung tả
- trung tảleaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants
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APA
centre-left. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre-left
MLA
“centre-left.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre-left. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centre-left,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre-left.
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