LEFTISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leftism mean? 

• LEFTISM (noun)
  The noun LEFTISM has 1 sense:

1. the ideology of the political left; belief in or support of the tenets of the political left

  Familiarity information: LEFTISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEFTISM (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)