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
Our weekly Buckley centenary feature kicks off with the first WFB column to appear in an issue of NR: an assessment of a useful dispatch from Ivory Tower leftism.
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William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
Luigi Mangione, alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer, proves ‘leftism is a disease’?!
—The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
In the 21st century, leftism itself is the regressive set-up.
—Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2024
For instance, green anarchists were enthralled with his critique of technology while neo-Nazis, generally speaking, ignore the critique of technology and focus solely on the critique of leftism.
—Hady Mawajdeh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
Luigi Mangione, alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer, proves ‘leftism is a disease’?!
—The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
In the 21st century, leftism itself is the regressive set-up.
—Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2024
For instance, green anarchists were enthralled with his critique of technology while neo-Nazis, generally speaking, ignore the critique of technology and focus solely on the critique of leftism.
—Hady Mawajdeh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leftism
liberalism
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Although the book is set in an unnamed year, Harold easily tracks as the type of male voter who has recently drifted toward the political right, animated by suspicions that modern liberalism has forgotten about people like him.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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And in modern American culture, liberalism is being squeezed from both sides of the political aisle.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Leftism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftism. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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