left-wing

adjective

Of political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.

Similar
leftleftishleft-leaningliberalleftistleft-of-center
Opposite
right-wingconservative
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Meanings

adjectiveleft-wing (comparative more left-wing, superlative most left-wing)

comparative more left-wing · superlative most left-wing · alternative leftwing · alternative left wing

  1. governmentOf political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.

    From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified.

    2007 July 13, Kyle Whitmire, “Suit in U.S. Over Murders in Colombia”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021

    Synonyms: left, leftish, left-leaning, liberal · Antonyms: right-wing, conservative

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.

Similar
leftleftishleft-leaningliberal
Opposite
right-wingconservative

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivebelieving in or supporting tenets of the political left

Similar
leftistleft-of-centerleft
Also see
leftleftistleft-of-center

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.

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Translations

Arabic يَسَارِيّ
  • يَسَارِيّ (yasāriyy)favoring political, social, and economic equality
Chinese Mandarin 左派, 左翼
  • 左派 (zuǒpài)favoring political, social, and economic equality
  • 左翼 (zuǒyì)favoring political, social, and economic equality
Czech levicový
  • levicovýfavoring political, social, and economic equality
Dutch links
  • linksfavoring political, social, and economic equality
Esperanto maldekstruma
  • maldekstrumafavoring political, social, and economic equality
Finnish vasemmisto-, vasemmistolainen
  • vasemmisto-favoring political, social, and economic equality
  • vasemmistolainenfavoring political, social, and economic equality
French gauche
  • gauchefavoring political, social, and economic equality
German linke
  • linkefavoring political, social, and economic equality
Italian sinistra
  • sinistrafavoring political, social, and economic equality
Japanese 左派, 左翼
  • 左派 (saha)favoring political, social, and economic equality
  • 左翼 (sayoku)favoring political, social, and economic equality
Korean 좌익, 좌파
  • 좌익 (jwaik)favoring political, social, and economic equality
  • 좌파 (jwapa)favoring political, social, and economic equality
Latvian kreiss
  • kreissfavoring political, social, and economic equality
Malay sayap kiri
  • sayap kirifavoring political, social, and economic equality
Polish lewicowy
  • lewicowyfavoring political, social, and economic equality
Portuguese de esquerda, esquerdista
  • de esquerdafavoring political, social, and economic equality
  • esquerdistafavoring political, social, and economic equality
Romanian de stânga
  • de stângafavoring political, social, and economic equality
Russian ле́вый
  • ле́вый (lévyj)favoring political, social, and economic equality
Spanish izquierdista, de izquierdas
  • izquierdistafavoring political, social, and economic equality
  • de izquierdasfavoring political, social, and economic equality
Thai ฝ่ายซ้าย
  • ฝ่ายซ้าย (fàai-sáai)favoring political, social, and economic equality
Vietnamese cánh tả, tả phái
  • cánh tảfavoring political, social, and economic equality
  • tả pháifavoring political, social, and economic equality
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“left-wing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left-wing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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