left-of-center has definitions from the field of politics
1
[ adjective ] believing in or supporting tenets of the political left

Synonyms

leftist left-wing

Related terms

left

2
[ adjective ] (politics) believing in or supporting tenets of the political left

Synonyms

left-wing leftist

Used in print

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

This is puzzling to an outsider conscious of the classic tradition of liberalism , because it is clear that these Democrats who are left-of-center are at opposite poles from the liberal Jefferson , who held that the best government was the least government .

Related terms

left

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