how to pronounce leftist

/ˈlɛf.tɪst/

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leftist is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of leftist in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the leftist who'd been anti-nazi for …”

meanings of leftist

noun:

A person who holds views associated with the political left.

adjective:

Of or pertaining to the political left.

leftist frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word leftist occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics leftist can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that leftist can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;