hard left

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noun
  1. 1

    (politics) Synonym of far left.

  2. 2

    (chiefly UK, politics) The section of the left wing that supports traditional socialist policies, distinguished from the social democratic centre-left and the communist and anarchist far left.

  3. 3

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, left.

adjective
  1. 1

    (politics) Alternative form of hard-left. [(politics) Synonym of far-left.]