bokstavsvänster

Swedish

Etymology

bokstav +‎ -s- +‎ vänster. Attested since 1973.

The term seems to allude both to the fact that various splinter groups at the time added an increasing number of alphabetical letters to distinguish themselves (such as KFML(r)), and to the groups following communist doctrine to the letter (bokstavstrogen).

Noun

bokstavsvänster c

1. (derogatory) doctrinaire political left

Declension

Declension of bokstavsvänster

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bokstavsvänster	bokstavsvänsters
	definite	bokstavsvänstern	bokstavsvänsterns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—