leftist

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɛf.tɪst/    美 /ˈlɛf.tɪst/|/ˈlef.tɪst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who holds views associated with the political left.
    — The first major clash between the two groups occurred in Shih-ho-tzu on January 26, 1967, with the leftists admitting they had suffered a bloody defeat.
  2. Someone who holds socialist or communist-leaning economic views, usually alongside progressive social views; an anticapitalist. specifically
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to the political left.
    — In law school, when we students thought the outcome of a case was determined by a rule we had studied, leftist professors admonished us, “Tools not rules!” In other words, rules control nothing; they’re merely tools you manipulate for the results you want. The fancy word for this kind of amorality is “instrumentalism,” and it subverts the rule of law.

词形变化

leftists plural more leftist comparative most leftist superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
far leftist regressive leftist nonleftist ultraleftist

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English left
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English leftist
From left + -ist.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English left
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English leftist
From left + -ist.
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