Definition of left-wing Left-wing

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What does left-wing mean?

Adjective
left-wing - believing in or supporting tenets of the political left
		leftist, left-of-center

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left-wing (Adjective)
Supporting political reform to make society more egalitarian, secular, and/or democratic.

In politics, left-wing means an attitude that sees social equality as very important. In general, the left-wing people are for a society built on solidarity.

What a person means by left-wing depends on where the person lives.

Those people in Western Europe who believe in Marxism-Leninism are often called the "Far-Left".