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 In the February 1984 issue: Latin America: A media stereotype Over time, Vargas Llosa realized that this kind of reflexive leftism was naive. Ilan Stavans, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025 In the 21st century, leftism itself is the regressive set-up. Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2024 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for leftism
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liberalism
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  • Yet what Grant didn’t foresee is that this kind of liberalism could form an effective resistance against Yankee imperialism.
    Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 2 July 2025
  • Conservatives, by contrast, paint liberalism as a cultural leviathan that has trampled traditional values underfoot.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025

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“Leftism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftism. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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