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post-left

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.21 in modern English

Syllables
post-left
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Designating a form of anarchism that aims to move away from traditional leftism.

Etymology

From post- + left. Attested earliest in Bob Black's book Anarchy after Leftism (written in 1996, published in 1997), although Black assumed then that the expression was in circulation.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does post-left mean?
Designating a form of anarchism that aims to move away from traditional leftism.
Where does post-left come from?
From post- + left. Attested earliest in Bob Black's book Anarchy after Leftism (written in 1996, published in 1997), although Black assumed then that the expression was in circulation.

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