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LEFTISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ideology of the political left; belief in or support of the tenets of the political left
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("leftism" is a kind of...):
ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)
Derivation:
leftist (a person who belongs to the political left)