left-right

Sergeant's marching chant

Left-right describes the horizontal axis of political ideology, with left typically representing progressive or socialist positions and right representing conservative or traditionalist ones.

The spectrum frames most political discourse: The candidate tried to appeal across the left-right divide.

It also describes lateral movement or alternation: a left-right combination in boxing.

direction

horizontal

Parallel to the horizon

across · panning · scrolling · alignment · margin · justify · orientation · navigation · arrow keys · swipe

symmetry

bilateral

Involving two parties

reflection · handedness · chirality · axis · bisection · counterpart · flip · inversion · congruent · identical

politics

spectrum

Continuous range of values

centrist · partisan · ideology · wing · conservative · liberal · progressive · aisle · coalition · divide

reading

LTR

Committed partnership, abbreviated

  • scriptWritten words for performance
  • HebrewSemitic language of Israel
  • ArabicSemitic language family member

English · typesetting · layout · bidirectional · writing system · glyph · alignment · justified · ragged · indent

brain

hemisphere

Half of a ball

corpus callosum · cognitive · analytical · creative · logical · spatial · verbal · split-brain · neurological · cerebral

Categories
Opposites
spatial orientation

left-rightup-down

Opposing vertical directions

vertical · north-south · in-out

dimensional axis type

left-rightz-axis

Third Cartesian line

y-axis · depth · height

dimensionality

left-rightthree-dimensional

Having volume and depth

omnidirectional · radial · spherical · diagonal · oblique

Family

left, right, leftward, leftwards, rightward, rightwards, leftmost, rightmost, leftist

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G