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Noun: left wing  left wing
  1. Those who support varying degrees of social, political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
    "The left wing of the party advocated for universal healthcare";
    - left
Adjective: left-wing  'left,wing or 'left'wing
  1. Believing in or supporting tenets of the political left
    "Gitlow was a left-wing Socialist who rejected the idea of capturing power";
    - leftist, left-of-center [US], left-of-centre [Brit, Cdn], leftie [informal], lefty [informal]

Derived forms: left wings

See also: left

Type of: faction, sect

Encyclopedia: Left wing

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