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
Paul's post even garnered praise from the left-wing content account Leftism.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
Woke leftism is part of the left's war on Western civilization and the values of the American republic and constitutes the single greatest threat to the country's future.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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
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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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
Woke leftism is part of the left's war on Western civilization and the values of the American republic and constitutes the single greatest threat to the country's future.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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
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 1984 speech that so moved Baldwin remains one of the greatest articulations of American liberalism ever made.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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But when many people within liberal societies do not feel that the system is working, when the practical case for liberalism comes into question, secular liberals don’t have much else to go on.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Leftism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftism. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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