How to Use leftism in a Sentence

leftism

noun
  • All these ideas would have seemed like fringy leftism to mainstream Democrats just four years ago.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2019
  • But his policies are a tougher sell even in this bastion of granola leftism.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019
  • Now, that last bulwark against full leftism has been removed, and the consequences are in full view.
    — The Editors, National Review, 31 May 2023
  • But there are signs that the groundswell of hard-leftism is having an effect on more mainstream, national candidates.
    — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
  • But today’s reporters are emerging from cocoons where leftism rules every word of every section.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Others expressed optimism that Grimes’ feigned interest in leftism could help spread the word to her fans.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Intolerant and bossy leftism has migrated from campus out to the broader world.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 June 2022
  • And yet conservative media are not wrong to lambast the Ivy League as a bastion of leftism.
    — Aron Ravin, National Review, 3 Oct. 2021
  • In the 21st century, leftism itself is the regressive set-up.
    — Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2024
  • To combat leftism in America, conservatives would need to wage a much broader war.
    — Nicholas Confessore, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Leftism has grown exponentially since then.
    — Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Making a film with a director so unabashed about his leftism was a new but grounding experience for Palmer.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Benson said there seems to be a correlation between Islamism and hardcore leftism.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, California continues to slip into the abyss of leftism, taking all of us along for the ride.
    — Scott Kaufman, Orange County Register, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The rioters who burned Kenosha weren’t of any one ethnicity; they were united by their radical leftism.
    — Ron Johnson, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2021
  • But the campaign has to walk a fine line, trying to draw Sanders supporters while bashing him for infecting Biden with leftism.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Leftism is a terroristic, death worshipping cult.
    — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
  • What would happen if Jenny encountered someone who came at their leftism from genuine Judaism?
    — Cat Zhang, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
  • But university campuses have always been bastions of leftism.
    — Sahil Handa, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • Kirk was seen as a particularly effective antagonist to campus leftism and to the progressive project as a whole.
    — Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But the contest was close, and Portland is still divided between different strains of liberalism and leftism.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Musk’s logic—that wayward leftism has given a lifelong moderate liberal no choice but to support right-wing causes—is a common trope among far-right activists.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Class reductive leftism is a figment of the political imagination roused by those who have made their peace with neoliberalism.
    — Adolph Reed Jr., The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2019
  • That’s thanks, in part, to his pairing of uncompromising leftism with alpha-male charisma and aesthetics—and having giant biceps.
    — Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The good news for entertainment executives is that the technology appears advanced enough to express the same trendy leftism that the writers do, but at a fraction of the cost.
    — wsj.com, 10 May 2023
  • The new university would just try to be the best in the nation—offering a substantial curriculum untainted by mandatory leftism.
    — John Leo, WSJ, 18 July 2018
  • Thus, claiming free speech as an absolute value, and their leftism as a badge of pride, Charlie Hebdo can mock the victims of a natural disaster.
    — Panjak Mishra, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The book is an expression of the old liberalism, supplanted by leftism and other flavors of illiberalism.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
  • This book is an expression of the old liberalism, supplanted by leftism and other flavors of illiberalism.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Leftism thus constitutes an ongoing search for new causes to fight on behalf of, in a way that mobilizes adherents and creates solidarity among them.
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026

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