left-winger

Socialist political figure

A left-winger holds progressive or liberal political views, advocating for social equality, government intervention in the economy, or radical reform.

The term comes from seating arrangements in the French National Assembly, where radicals sat to the president's left.

In hockey and soccer, a left-winger plays on the left side of the forward line: The left-winger scored on a breakaway.

politics

socialist

Proponent of collective ownership

democrat · reformist · activist · egalitarian · feminist · environmentalist · humanist · pacifist · secularist · unionist

ideology

socialism

Communal economic control

egalitarianism · collectivism · syndicalism · Trotskyism · Maoism · Bolshevism · eco-socialism · anarchism · anti-fascism · redistribution

activism

protest

Public expression of disapproval

petition · boycott · grassroots · sit-in · campaign · advocacy · picketing · solidarity · organizing · strike

sports

forward

Onward in direction

soccer · football · attacker · crosser · speedster · playmaker · dribbler · touchline · overlap · assist

Opposites
political ideology

left-wingerright-winger

Conservative political adherent

conservative · right-wing · reactionary · rightist · traditionalist

sports position (hockey/soccer)

left-wingerright-winger

Conservative political adherent

right wing · right side · defender · goalkeeper · goaltender

Family

wing, left, right-wing, leftist, lefthand, leftists, winger, left-wing, leftism

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