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Synonyms for leftist
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : lef-tist |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛf tɪst |
Top 10 synonyms for leftist Other synonyms for the word leftist
- adjy
- advanced
- advocate
- agent
- anarchistic
- avant-garde
- champion
- communist
- complete
- demagogue
- disrupter
- dissident
- dogmatist
- entire
- excessive
- fighter
- fomenter
- freethinker
- freethinking
- heretic
- iconoclast
- iconoclastic
- immoderate
- incendiary
- inciter
- instigator
- insubordinate
- insurgent
- insurrectionary
- insurrectionist
- intransigent
- lawless
- left
- left-wing
- left-winger
- leftism
- leftist
- liberal
- liberalism
- malcontent
- mover
- mutineer
- mutinous
- nihilist
- nihilistic
- nonconformist
- objector
- on the left
- pacifist
- partisan
- progressive
- progressiveness
- progressivism
- propagandist
- provocateur
- pusher
- rabble-rouser
- rabid
- radical
- reactionary
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- recusant
- refractory
- renegade
- restive
- revisionist
- revolter
- revolutionary
- ringleader
- rioter
- riotous
- secessionist
- seditious
- severe
- Socialist
- sparkplug
- subversive
- sweeping
- thorough
- troublemaker
- ultra
- ultraist
- uncompromising
- violent
- wave maker
- way out
- zealot
Définition of leftist
Origin :- 1897, from left (adj.) in the political sense + -ist.
- As in left : adj politically radical
- As in left-wing : adj liberal
- As in radical : adj deviating by extremes
- As in radical : noun person who advocates significant, often extreme change
- As in left wing : noun person or group favoring change
- As in inciter : noun agitator
- As in agitator : noun person who disturbs, causes trouble
- I have in mind—was this in your opinion a rightist plot, a leftist plot, an anarchist plot?
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- Gramsci, the Sardinian leftist philosopher, suggested the need for a language of the proletariat.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- Ray has always had the propaganda that he is a leftist and that he is Castro without Castro.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Antonyms for leftist
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