: showing leftist tendencies or a moderately leftist character
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The other side bivouacs at the White House and has far too many notions—not a few of them absurd, in a leftish way.
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Lance Morrow, WSJ, 25 May 2023
These distinctives are a challenge for leftish admiration of the secular, peaceable welfare states of Northern Europe.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 22 Sep. 2021
After college, Sale worked for a leftish publication and spent time in Africa.
—Steven Levy, Wired, 5 Jan. 2021
The signatories appear to be primarily young, leftish students, intellectuals, and activists.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2020
Mr West predicts that this pattern of defeat will intensify as his peers take an already leftish establishment further to the left.
—The Economist, 4 June 2020
Plaid Cymru, a leftish party which advocates Welsh independence and remaining in the EU, has doubled its share of the vote, partly thanks to a strong performance in debates by Adam Price, its new leader.
—The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
Yet modern liberalism fits the modern world of high human capital better than the old rightish model of dim-witted peasants properly led by the aristocracy or the old leftish model of gormless proletarians properly led by The Party.
—The Economist, 8 Jan. 2020
Mr Sánchez could do better than in April, if leftish voters opt to punish Podemos.
—The Economist, 25 July 2019
Lance Morrow, WSJ, 25 May 2023
These distinctives are a challenge for leftish admiration of the secular, peaceable welfare states of Northern Europe.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 22 Sep. 2021
After college, Sale worked for a leftish publication and spent time in Africa.
—Steven Levy, Wired, 5 Jan. 2021
The signatories appear to be primarily young, leftish students, intellectuals, and activists.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2020
Mr West predicts that this pattern of defeat will intensify as his peers take an already leftish establishment further to the left.
—The Economist, 4 June 2020
Plaid Cymru, a leftish party which advocates Welsh independence and remaining in the EU, has doubled its share of the vote, partly thanks to a strong performance in debates by Adam Price, its new leader.
—The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
Yet modern liberalism fits the modern world of high human capital better than the old rightish model of dim-witted peasants properly led by the aristocracy or the old leftish model of gormless proletarians properly led by The Party.
—The Economist, 8 Jan. 2020
Mr Sánchez could do better than in April, if leftish voters opt to punish Podemos.
—The Economist, 25 July 2019
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“Leftish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leftish. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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