leftwing
Politically radical side
Leftwing describes political positions favoring progressive reform, greater economic equality, and expanded government role in social welfare.
The term comes from the seating arrangement in the French revolutionary assembly, where radicals sat to the president's left.
Leftwing policies typically support labor unions, environmental regulation, and social safety nets: leftwing activists, a leftwing newspaper.
Often hyphenated as left-wing, especially as an adjective before a noun.
Favoring reform and innovation
- liberalOpen to reform
- socialistProponent of collective ownership
- democratAdvocate for popular rule
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
social democracy · welfare state · collectivism · redistribution · public sector · nationalization · regulation · big government
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- anti-capitalismOpposition to market economies
class struggle · proletariat · collectivism · Leninism · Trotskyism · Maoism · democratic socialism · syndicalism
Same status for all
- social justiceFair distribution of opportunities
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
environmentalism · anti-racism · LGBTQ rights · multiculturalism · diversity · inclusion · universal healthcare · living wage
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
community organizing · advocacy · civil disobedience · boycott · sit-in · picketing · petition · campaigning
Seeking fundamental systemic change
- militantAggressive cause supporter
- extremistOne holding fringe views
- hardlinerStrict policy advocate
- agitatorOne who foments discord
firebrand · insurrectionist · vanguard · cadre · underground · armed struggle · confrontational · uncompromising
progressive
Favoring reform and innovation
labor · social democracy · welfare state · collectivism · redistribution · public sector · nationalization · regulation · big government · New Deal
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
anti-capitalism · class struggle · proletariat · collectivism · Leninism · Trotskyism · Maoism · democratic socialism · syndicalism · means of production
equality
Same status for all
- social justiceFair distribution of opportunities
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
feminism · environmentalism · anti-racism · LGBTQ rights · multiculturalism · diversity · inclusion · universal healthcare · living wage · affordable housing
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
grassroots · community organizing · advocacy · civil disobedience · boycott · sit-in · picketing · petition · campaigning · mobilization
revolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
agitator · firebrand · insurrectionist · vanguard · cadre · underground · armed struggle · confrontational · uncompromising · subversive
leftwingrightwing
Conservative political stance
right-wing · conservative · right · far-right · hard-right
leftwingfree-market
Unregulated private exchange
capitalist · laissez-faire · neoliberal · pro-business · libertarian
leftwingtraditionalist
Adherent to established customs
authoritarian · nationalist · religious right · Christian right · paleoconservative
wing, left, leftist, leftward, leftmost, lefthander, lefthanders, left-wing, leftism