Definitions for left wing
left wing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. left, left wingadjective

   those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

2. leftist, left-of-center, left-wingadjective

   believing in or supporting tenets of the political left

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1. left wingnoun

   the more left-wing faction of a group or party

2. left wingnoun

   the left-hand side of a sports field

3. left wingnoun

   the offensive player who plays to the center's left

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1. left wing

   Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in society whom its adherents perceive as disadvantaged relative to others as well as a belief that there are unjustified inequalities that need to be reduced or abolished. Left-wing politics are associated with popular or state control of major political and economic institutions. According to emeritus professor of economics Barry Clark, supporters of left-wing politics "claim that human development flourishes when individuals engage in cooperative, mutually respectful relations that can thrive only when excessive differences in status, power, and wealth are eliminated."Within the left–right political spectrum, Left and Right were coined during the French Revolution, referring to the seating arrangement in the French Estates General. Those who sat on the left generally opposed the Ancien Régime and the Bourbon monarchy and supported the Revolution, the creation of a democratic republic and the secularisation of society while those on the right were supportive of the traditional institutions of the Ancien Régime. Usage of the term Left became more prominent after the restoration of the French monarchy in 1815, when it was applied to the Independents. The word wing was first appended to Left and Right in the late 19th century, usually with disparaging intent, and left-wing was applied to those who were unorthodox in their religious or political views. Ideologies considered to be left-wing vary greatly depending on the placement of the Overton window along the political spectrum in a given time and place. At the end of the 18th century, upon the founding of the first liberal democracies, the term Left was used to describe liberalism in the United States and republicanism in France, supporting a lesser degree of hierarchical decision-making than the right-wing politics of the traditional conservatives and monarchists. In modern politics, the term Left typically applies to ideologies and movements to the left of classical liberalism, supporting some degree of democracy in the economic sphere. Today, ideologies such as social liberalism and social democracy are considered to be centre-left, while the Left is typically reserved for movements more critical of capitalism, including anarchism, communism, Marxism and syndicalism, each of which rose to prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition, the term left-wing has also been applied to a broad range of culturally liberal social movements, including the civil rights movement, feminist movement, LGBT rights movement, abortion-rights movements, multiculturalism, anti-war movement and environmental movement as well as a wide range of political parties.

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1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of left wing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of left wing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of left wing in a Sentence

1. Bobby Bright:

   I will not let them taint me as a left-wing liberal, people know Bobby Bright. They know I'm conservative.

2. Ted Cruz:

   I will say, it is more than a little strange to see Donald relying on as authoritative a liberal, left wing, judicial activist Harvard Law professor who is a huge Hillary supporter.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   Americans do not need or want big business to amplify disinformation or react to every manufactured controversy with frantic left-wing signaling.

4. Milo Yiannopoulos:

   Art has always been political and no-one complains when artists take extremely left-wing positions through their art and say extremely outrageous things, but the moment conservatives do this, everyone goes nuts – it’s hypocrisy of the highest order.

5. Ted Cruz:

   Four decades ago Jimmy Carter gave away the Panama Canal, we built it, we paid for it and then a feckless left-wing president gave it away. Well Mr. President, you don't have the authority to give away vital military assets, and if you do that, you will be held accountable by the next president for undermining the national security of this country.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=left wing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Left_Wing
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Wing