left-wing

English

Etymology

From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.

Adjective

left-wing (comparative more left-wing, superlative most left-wing)

Wikipedia

1. (politics) supporting political reform to make society more egalitarian, secular, and/or democratic

Antonyms

• right-wing

Hyponyms

• communist
• democratic
• liberal
• progressive
• socialist

Related terms

• left wing

Translations

supporting political reform

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 左派 (cmn) (zuǒpài), 左翼 (cmn) (zuǒyì)

• Finnish: vasemmisto- (fi), vasemmistolainen (fi)
• French: gauche (fr)
• German: link (de)

• Japanese: 左派 (ja) (さは, saha), 左翼 (ja) (さよく, sayoku)
• Latvian: kreiss (lv)
• Portuguese: de esquerda (pt) m and f
• Russian: левый (ru) (lévyj) 
• Vietnamese: cánh tả (vi)