Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

left-leaning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
left--lean-ing
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

On the left wing politically.

Etymology

From left + leaning.

Inflected Forms

more left-leaning (comparative) most left-leaning (superlative) left leaning (alternative) leftleaning (alternative)

Antonyms

right-leaning

Questions

What does left-leaning mean?
On the left wing politically.
Where does left-leaning come from?
From left + leaning.

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