uberleft

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English

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Etymology

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From uber- +‎ left.

Adjective

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uberleft (comparative more uberleft, superlative most uberleft)

  1. (politics, informal) Synonym of far-left.
    • 2005 November 16, Michael Wise, “Re: Bill O'Reilly IS right! The majority in S.F. ARE BAD AMERICANS!”, in ba.politics[1] (Usenet):
      I don't concern myself with ongoing NeoCon and uberleft hypocrisy.
    • 2019, Kimberley Strassel, Resistance (At All Costs): How Trump Haters Are Breaking America, New York, NY: Twelve Books, →ISBN, page unknown:
      Clement in the fall of 2017 would resign, with a much-publicized letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that made clear his complaint had always been about politics: [] . Clement would go on to take a job—surprise—at the uber-left Union of Concerned Scientists.
    • 2020, Katherine M. Gehl, Michael E. Porter, The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, →ISBN, page unknown:
      In the next party primary election (or partisan primary), a contest for the party's nomination dominated by special interests and sharply ideological voters, you can expect an überleft challenger if you're a Democrat and a hard-right opponent if you're a Republican.