as in liberalism
a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom
the candidate's opponents are working overtime to paint him as a champion of extreme leftism
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Recent Examples of leftism
At the time, Cuba was facing a more hawkish U.S. president on Latin American leftism in George W. Bush.
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Paul Webster Hare,
The Conversation,
19 Jan. 2026
Corrales explained that Rubio is a perfect foil for the Maduro regime, being perhaps the most prominent critic of Latin American leftism in the US government.
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Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
19 Nov. 2025
The centrists contend leftism will play far worse nationwide — and in purple districts and states — than in the liberal strongholds of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
5 Nov. 2025
But deeper than these calculations runs the feeling that leftism is more politically toxic in Israel than ever before.
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Noam Sheizaf,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2013
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Paul Webster Hare,
The Conversation,
19 Jan. 2026
Corrales explained that Rubio is a perfect foil for the Maduro regime, being perhaps the most prominent critic of Latin American leftism in the US government.
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Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
19 Nov. 2025
The centrists contend leftism will play far worse nationwide — and in purple districts and states — than in the liberal strongholds of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
5 Nov. 2025
But deeper than these calculations runs the feeling that leftism is more politically toxic in Israel than ever before.
—
Noam Sheizaf,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leftism
liberalism
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The Semiquincentennial Commission was conjured into being by Congress back in 2016, during that long-ago summer when the Democratic Party was convening in Philadelphia and the succession of one form of representational liberalism to another seemed pretty well secure.
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Those of us who care about keeping liberalism alive need Europeans to start defending it against all of its enemies—in Moscow, Beijing, and Washington.
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“Leftism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftism. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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