ultra-leftist
adjective
mainlydisapproving(alsoultra-Leftist,ultraleftist)uk/ˌʌl.trəˈlef.tɪst/us/ˌʌl.trəˈlef.tɪst/having orrelatingtoopinionsthat are on theextremepoliticalleft:
She said that while she does notseeherself asconservative, she is not "ultra-leftist" either.
Hequotedtheformerultra-LeftistGermanForeign Minister, who had hadsimilarviews.
Thetimeof the ultraleftistpolicieswas now over and a newpoliticalerahadbegun.
Synonym
ultra-left
- Theytriedto make hisdeathlooklikesuicideor an ultra-leftistterroristattackthat had gonewrong.
- Theworkforcelargelyrejectedthe ultra-Leftistunionfanatics.
- the 1966-76 ultraleftist CulturalRevolution
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- lab
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- overstep
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- subsidiarity
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
ultra-leftist
noun[C]
mainlydisapproving(alsoultra-Leftist,ultraleftist)uk/ˌʌl.trəˈlef.tɪst/us/ˌʌl.trəˈlef.tɪst/apersonwho hasopinionsthat are on theextremepoliticalleft:
He was an ultra-leftist in the Seventies wholatermellowedinto amainstreampolitician.
She wasknownin Spain as an ultra-Leftist.
Compare
ultra-leftnoun
- Theydrewattentionto thedangerof ultra-leftistsgainingcontrolof theunion.
- Theviewsof the ultraleftist, who is asinceredefenderof the CubanRevolution, weredeliberatelymisrepresentedin thebook.
Political movements & groups
- alt-right
- ANC
- anti-Bolshevik
- anti-Bolshevism
- anti-capitalism
- antidisestablishmentarianism
- Antifa
- awkward
- big tent
- labour movement
- left
- left-winger
- leftism
- right-winger
- rightist
- sectarian
- sectarianism
- the awkward gangidiom
- the left wing
- the SDLP