far left

[fahr left]

noun

1. the area furthest away on the side where one’s heart is (usually preceded by to, at, oron ).

   On the rooftop of the building on the far left you can see a small garden.

2. none the far left or the far Left

   1. the complex of individuals or organized groups holding the most liberal views in politics and social policy, advocating radical political and social reform that often includes increased government funding of services, regulation, and rights for marginalized groups.

      History will never know how he might have reacted, as president, to pressure from the gun lobby or to the collectivist tendencies of the far left.

   2. the position occupied by these people on the political spectrum (often preceded by to oron ).

      She might nominate someone on the far left, but I can also see her nominating a more moderate person to attract the centrist vote.

Word History and Origins

Origin of far left¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The virus of antisemitism in recent years has infected American politics on both the far left and far right.

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His biggest problem — and there’s no way to fix it — is that he comes from California, which, to many around the country, reads as far left, nutty and badly off track.

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“Oh s—, dude!” one of the officers is heard saying as the patrol car pulls to the far left lane of the street.

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“I’m on the far left, but this really is not progressive.”

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Witness the renewed vigor of the far left in France, less than a decade after Emmanuel Macron’s election was said to mark a rebuke for the economic failures of his Socialist predecessor, François Hollande.

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