Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

old left

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.38 in modern English

Syllables: old left
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The pre-1960s left wing in the Western world, typically having a vanguardist approach to social justice and focusing mainly on labor unionization and questions of social class.

Inflected Forms

the Old Left (canonical)

Questions

What does old left mean?: The pre-1960s left wing in the Western world, typically having a vanguardist approach to social justice and focusing mainly on labor unionization and questions of social class.

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