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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

New′ Left′,

Government(sometimes l.c.) a radical leftist political movement active esp. during the 1960s and 1970s, composed largely of college students and young intellectuals, whose goals included racial equality, de-escalation of the arms race, nonintervention in foreign affairs, and other major changes in the political, economic, social, and educational systems.

phrase apparently introduced by U.south, southern. sociologist C. Wright Mills (1916–62) 1960

New′ Left′ist.

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