leftist

noun

1. A person who holds views associated with the political left.

   “The first major clash between the two groups occurred in Shih-ho-tzu on January 26, 1967, with the leftists admitting they had suffered a bloody defeat.”

2. (specifically)Someone who holds socialist or communist-leaning economic views, usually alongside progressive social views; an anticapitalist.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to the political left.

   “In law school, when we students thought the outcome of a case was determined by a rule we had studied, leftist professors admonished us, “Tools not rules!” In other words, rules control nothing; they’re merely tools you manipulate for the results you want. The fancy word for this kind of amorality is “instrumentalism,” and it subverts the rule of law.”