left-of-center

[left-uhv-sen-ter]

adjective

1. holding liberal views in politics; left-wing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of left-of-center¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

The normally left-of-center New Republic penned an editorial blasting fellow liberals at the editorial page of the New York Times for demonstrating “intellectual incoherence” in their views on the war in Iraq.

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The statement from Indivisible, a coalition of left-of-center organizations, comes in the shadow of a looming government shutdown.

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This behavioral model is a staple of democratic pundits; left-of-center media watchdog websites frequently run excerpts of Fox News shows to demonstrate intentionally biased reporting, and how it is carefully designed to mislead its consumers..

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But with “Overcompensating,” left-of-center realism is the whole point.

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As of November, the Appeal, a left-of-center nonprofit news organization, found that the largest number of cases were in limbo, with most of the rest not resulting in felony prosecutions.

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Related Words

• forward-looking 
• forward-thinking 
• left 
• leftist 
• liberal 
• reformist