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ELI5: What is meant by right-wing & left-wing in politics?
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So the actual origin of the term goes back to the French Revolution where people who supported the revolution literally hung out on the left side of the room while supporters of the king hung out on the right side of the room. 

So the left wing was the more liberal side of the group as a whole so now any group that really does want to do something "new" is probably going to be called "left wing". Meanwhile a more conservative group that either doesn't want to change or maybe wants to change back to the old way of doing things is going to be called right wing.