leftishadj.
/ˈlɛftɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈlɛftɪʃ/ Inclined or tending to the political views of the left.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [adjective] > left
left1794
red1848
left wing1873
leftist1895
leftish1899
left-wingish1926
left-wingy1936
lefty1937
left-leaning1938
1899 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 18 Feb. 1/6 At a meeting of the Leftish senators prior to the senate's convening M. Loubet was unanimously nominated for the presidency.
1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. ix. 809 The violent persecution of Jewish and leftish writers in Germany.
1934 W. Lewis Let. 29 Nov. (1963) 226 The strong Leftish political colouration of so much of the newest poetry.
1959 Listener 6 Aug. 195/1 There were leftish magazines on the tables.
1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Nov. 72/5 He ended up as deputy literary editor..on the leftish magazine The New Statesman.
2015 G. Van Bilzen Developm. Aid vi. 419 France had a very positive approach towards the leftish Sandinista Government.
Derivatives
ˈleftishness n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > attitudes of
leftism1880
redness1923
leftishness1935
leftwardness1938
left-wingery1939
1935 Oak Park (Illinois) Leaves 16 May 46/5 Because of..its outright ‘leftishness’..I Change Worlds is of more value than a neutral book.
1966 Economist 15 Oct. 254/2 This probably has little to do with the [Syrian] regime's ‘leftishness’.
1996 R. H. Bork Slouching towards Gomorrah i. i. 31 This was simply an uncritically anti-American leftishness, not at all like the disciplined and programmatic older Left.
2015 Toronto Star (Nexis) 13 Feb. a17 Jon Stewart..freely admitted his positions were ‘informed’ by his leftishness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1899