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名詞

left wing (plural left wings)

1. The wing on the left side of some body, most commonly one half of a pair:
   • 1928, British Bee Journal:

     The beekeeper said, "Tell me, did your wife say she noticed a patch or blotch of purple under the bee's left wing?"

   1. (politics) The more left-wing faction of a group, party, or group of parties.

      My politics are extreme left-wing.

   2. (sports) The left-hand side of a sports field.
   3. (ice hockey) The offensive player who plays to the center's left.

反意語

• right wing

関連する語

• left-wing
• left-winger

別の表記

• leftwing, left wing

語源

From the seating arrangement in the French parliament after the French Revolution.

形容詞

left-wing (comparative more left-wing, superlative most left-wing)

1. (politics) Of political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.

   Synonyms: left, leftish, left-leaning, (particularly US and Canada) liberal

   Antonyms: right-wing, conservative

   Hyponyms: communist, democratic socialist, social democratic, socialist, socialistic

   • 2007 July 13, Kyle Whitmire, “Suit in U.S. Over Murders in Colombia”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 26 January 2021:

     From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified.

派生語

関連する語

形容詞

leftwing (comparative more leftwing, superlative most leftwing)

1. Alternative spelling of left-wing
   • 2024 November 15, Andy Beckett, “Meet the groups trying to create a new leftwing party – and channel the energy missing from Starmer’s Labour”, in The Guardian‎:

     At public and private meetings, in online discussions, independent parliamentary campaigns and other mobilisations, a growing range of leftists, from young ex-Corbynistas to union veterans, are becoming convinced that a new leftwing party is both necessary and timely.