Meanings
plural post-leftists
- An adherent of post-left anarchism.
1 more example
Although professing commitment to traditionally Left-wing goals such as anti-capitalism, the post-leftists are defined mostly by their aggressive hostility to both the Democratic Party and the radical Left — including the Democratic Socialists of America and the academic-literary Left of magazines such as Jacobin, n+1 and Dissent.
2021 August 22, Park MacDougald, “Twilight of the American Left”, in UnHerd, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2023Synonyms: postie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn adherent of post-left anarchism.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
- Englishleftist
- Englishpost-leftist
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post-leftist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-leftist
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