Socialist
//ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst// adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who supports or advocates socialism.
"A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate."
- 2 A member of a party or political group that advocates socialism.
- 3 a political advocate of socialism wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.
"...it must be remembered that in a Socialist farm or manufactory, each labourer would be under the eye not of one master, but of the whole community."
- 2 Of, belonging to, or constituting a party or political group that advocates socialism. not-comparable
"An intelligent Socialist movement will use their patriotism, instead of merely insulting it, as hitherto."
Adjective
- 1 advocating or following the socialist principles wordnet
Example
More examples"Communism was the political system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but that stopped in 1993."
Etymology
From social + -ist.
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