ultraleft
/ˌʌl.tɹəˈlɛft/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to ultraleftism.
noun
The strain or strains of leftism often associated with left communism, which practice rejection of both social democracy and state socialism as well as opposition to Leninism; i.e, ultraleftism.
Uncountable
noun
The left communist tendency characterized by a synthesis of Dutch-German council communism and Italian left communism.
Uncountable
noun
Leftism collectively considered uncompromising and sectarian, especially anti-Leninist Marxism.
Derogatory; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "This rejection of anything connected with bourgeois democracy would later become associated mainly with ultraleft radicalism, but its beginnings were another matter."
Etymology
Ultimately a calque of Russian ультралевый (ulʹtralevyj, “ultraleft”, adjective), in the sense of "pertaining to extreme or uncompromising leftist ideology." From ультра- (ulʹtra-, “ultra; extremely”) + левый (levyj, “left”, adjective), equivalent to ultra- + left. Originally applied pejoratively by the Bolsheviks against libertarian socialists and early left communists, and later by Stalinists against Trotskyists; now also used neutrally to refer to certain ideologies associated with left communism or traditional Marxism. The modern meanings are partially semantically loaned from French ultra-gauche.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: ультра-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌʌl.tɹəˈlɛft/
- British English: /ˌʌl.tɹəˈlɛft/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more ultraleft (comparative)
further ultraleft (comparative)
farther ultraleft (comparative)
most ultraleft (superlative)
furthest ultraleft (superlative)
farthest ultraleft (superlative)
ultra-left (alternative)
ultralefts (plural)