SINCE 1828
ultraleftism
noun
ul·tra·left·ism
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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
Other Words from ultraleftism
ultraleftist
\ ˌəl-trə-ˈlef-tist
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noun,
plural ultraleftists
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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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