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ul·tra·left·ism | \ ˌəl-trə-ˈlef-ˌti-zəm 
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\Definition of ultraleftism
: advocacy of or adherence to extreme left-wing political policies and positions
… documents the brief but threatening resurgence of ultraleftism …— Carolyn Wakeman
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ultraleftist \ ˌəl-trə-ˈlef-tist \ noun, plural ultraleftists
\ noun, plural ultraleftists
… I will conclude with the advice that Lenin gave ultraleftists in 1920. — Louis Proyect
ultraleftist adjective
… hoped to counteract the influence of ultraleftist groups that wished to jettison "bourgeois" culture—from the ancients to modernism—and establish a purely proletarian culture in its stead. — Michael Henry Heim
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The first known use of ultraleftism was in 1943
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