LEFT WING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does left wing mean? 

• LEFT WING (noun)
  The noun LEFT WING has 1 sense:

1. those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

  Familiarity information: LEFT WING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEFT WING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

left; left wing

Hypernyms ("left wing" is a kind of...):

faction; sect (a dissenting clique)

Derivation:

collectivist (a person who belongs to the political left)