левизна
Russian
Etymology
ле́вый (lévyj) + -изна́ (-izná)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʲɪvʲɪzˈna]
Noun
левизна́ • (levizná) f inan (genitive левизны́, uncountable)
- left wing political orientation
- ostensibly left wing political orientation that is imagined or feigned; showy sociopolitical views that are purported to be leftist; ostentatious, affected left-wing radicalism; pretentious sham pseudo-leftism
- 1920, Vladimir Ilyich LeninДетская болезнь «левизны» в коммунизме
- Detskaja boleznʹ «levizny» v kommunizme
- The Childish Sickness of "Leftism" in Communism (commonly translated as "Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder)
- 1920, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Declension
Related terms
- лева́к (levák)
- левацкий (levackij)
- левачество (levačestvo)
- леветь (levetʹ)
- ле́во (lévo)
- левору́кий (levorúkij)
- левша́ (levšá)
- ле́вый (lévyj)