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Lertism (noun): A state of constant pursuit and eagerness to expand one's knowledge in the realms of politics, economics, and the society at large. A Lertist is a person who engages in a lifelong quest for learning, growth, and understanding in these fields, always seeking to deepen their knowledge and broaden their perspective. Lertism is characterized by a curious and critical mindset, a passion for inquiry and discourse, and a commitment to making informed decisions and taking meaningful action based on one's understanding of the world.

Lertize (verb): To engage in the pursuit of knowledge in the realms of politics, economics, and society at large with a curious and critical mindset, always seeking to deepen one's understanding and broaden one's perspective. To lertize is to be committed to lifelong learning, growth, and inquiry, and to take meaningful action based on one's understanding of the world.
Jasmine's constant pursuit of knowledge and passion for understanding the complexities of the world around her is a true example of Lertism.

As a journalist, it's important for me to Lertize every day, by staying informed and engaging in critical thinking about the issues that matter to my readers.
Lertism by Knysna March 20, 2023
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An economic posisistion favouring more collectivity/cooperation in making resource using decisions. This can either be done by state planning or using communes.
Leftism includes philosophies whose goals are absolute state control/planning, such as in Communism or Democratic Socialism, or the moderate political philosophers, who want only some collective cooperation, such as Social democrats.
leftism by Secular leftist October 15, 2005
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Leftism is a contagious political mental disorder that puts you and your people at risk.
Spencer: *Writes song lyric* "Math is gay"
Teacher: That's very offensive! You should be ashamed of yourself.
Jake: *Laughs* You have leftism loser. Stay away from me!
leftism by Jake16261 June 28, 2019
/noun/ 1. Radical liberalism; often associated with socialism, though few of them seek a fully socialist economy.

2. Involving a belief that if our country is *so great* then everyone (especially children) should have basic food, shelter, healthcare, and education.
3. An ideology risen in response to the liberal party's persistent slide towards conservative values, particularly the acceptance of obvious bribes from donors.
Those who follow leftism are typically referred to as "leftists;" erroneously used by Nazi trolls to as a derogatory term, as leftists proudly apply this term to themselves.

Leftism sees the struggle of the working class to keep their heads above water while corporations sit on their shoulders and tell them to swim faster.
Leftism by cashmeousidee April 19, 2018
Condition caused by an accident that results in the loss of one testicle, usually the right one. Results in the nickname of "Lefty".
Someday, the ballad of Lefty shall be heard round the world.

He flew forward and hit his balls, thus he became Lefty.
leftism by Andrew "Lefticle" Lanford September 7, 2005
Leftism concerns itself with progressive ideologies whose cultural and political backing is so strong that they are said to attain power equivalent to those of a state religion, with which they often exhibit significant similarities in both theory and practice.
Mike is a Leftist, so he worships, like a religion, in ideologies of progressivism, group identity, equality of outcome, all without basis of merit or fact.

The act of; leftism
Leftism by The Right side May 2, 2019

CEO Of Leftism

Gary asks nigga baby that always sucks the mods off
That CEO Of Leftism is at it again,sucking the mods
CEO Of Leftism by anonymous November 1, 2020
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User2: You cant ban my friend like that! Literally 1984!
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