This is from a dictonary compiled by Fr. John Hardon, who was no leftist.
I am sure he didn’t mean to write this in a way that allowed it to be distorted. What he wrote and what he likely was thinking are two different things.
You can write something that allows leftist parishioners to hijack a definition or you can write it precisely to what you mean.
I think if he was on this board and we could talk to him, he would confirm that he didn’t mean this interpretation.