Definition of Leftish

1. Adjective. Tending toward the political left.

Similar to: Left

Definition of Leftish

1. Adjective. (politics) Leaning towards the political left. Dictionary.reference.com ¹

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Definition of Leftish

1. inclined to be a leftist [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leftish

leftard
leftards
lefte
leftenant
leftenants
lefter
leftest
lefteye flounder
lefteyed flounder
leftfield
lefthand
lefthanded
lefthander
leftie
lefties
leftish (current term)
leftism
leftisms
leftist
leftists
leftmosts
leftosphere
leftover
leftovers
lefts
leftward
leftwards
leftwing
leftwinger

Literary usage of Leftish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dynamics & Stochastics: Festschrift in Honour of M.S. Keane by Dee Denteneer, F. den Hollander, M. S. Keane, Evgeny Verbitskiy (2006)
"If u, Cj € F, we say that u is more leftish than u iff each of the following ((a) and (b)) holds: (a) The leftmost and the rightmost open path of u are ..."

2. Education and Capitalism: How Overcoming Our Fear of Markets and Economics by Herbert J. Walberg (2003)
"For accounts of other prominent leftish intellectuals making similar concessions see Paul Hollander, "Which God Has ..."

3. A Physicist's Labour in War and Peace: Memoirs 1933-1999 by E. Walter Kellermann (2004)
"Harry was the first of my academic colleagues who openly expressed his leftish views to me. At least, so he said, they had been his views before the war. ..."

4. A Place for a Village by Brian Spittle (2006)
"Alistair was an arty leftish expat who was an ABC correspondent in Paris for a period in the fifties. Alan Thomson's legacy to me was an insight into ..."

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