centre-left

English

Alternative forms

• center-left

Etymology

centre +‎ left

Adjective

centre-left (not comparable)

1. (politics) Leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants.
   • 29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes[1]

     South Korea holds parliamentary elections on 11 April. Lee's conservative party is expected to lose ground to the centre-left opposition, but a small hint of peace from the North will do him no harm at all. Lee can hardly have expected such a gift.

   Coordinate term: centre-right

Translations

leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants

• Hungarian: balközép (hu)
• Polish: centrolewicowy
• Vietnamese: trung tả

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