left wing
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nounDefinition of LEFT WING
1
: the leftist division of a group (as a political party)
See Examples of LEFT WING
- His nomination is supported by the party's left wing but opposed by the right wing.
- <the left wing has lost considerable influence in the party, which is now aggressively courting political moderates>
First Known Use of LEFT WING
1884
Related to LEFT WING
- Synonyms
- left, leftism, liberalism
- Antonyms
- conservatism, illiberalism, immobilism, right
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