as in liberalism
a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom the candidate's opponents are working overtime to paint him as a champion of extreme leftism

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Recent Examples of leftism So maybe — just maybe — conscientious leftists in the Americas are coming to the gut-wrenching realization this week that unconscionable leftists like Maduro are clubbing leftism’s image to a bloody pulp and kicking it into a ditch to die. Tim Padgett, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024 During his first term, Netanyahu connected his domestic and international agendas by blaming the leftism of Israel’s old elite for the country’s foreign policy mistakes. Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016 And Republicans, who have long criticized universities as fortresses of liberalism and leftism, now have allies among the many congressional Democrats who remain supportive of Israel, as well as many of the universities’ own donors, administrators and trustees. Charles Homans Gabra Zackman Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 29 May 2024 To combat leftism in America, conservatives would need to wage a much broader war. Nicholas Confessore, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for leftism 

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“Leftism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftism. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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