socialist

See also: Socialist

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From social + -ist.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/, /ˈsoʊˌʃəlɪst/
  • (file)

Adjective

socialist (comparative more socialist, superlative most socialist)

  1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.
    • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:
      ...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.
    • 1949, Albert Einstein, "Why Socialism?", Monthly Review, May 1949:
      I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.

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Noun

socialist (plural socialists)

  1. One who supports or advocates socialism.
    • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:
      A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate.

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References

  • socialist at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • socialist in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • socialist”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
  • "socialist" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 286.
  • socialist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to social + -ist. From French socialiste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [soɕaˈlisd̥], [ɕoˈɕaˈlisd̥]

Noun

socialist c (singular definite socialisten, plural indefinite socialister)

  1. socialist

Inflection


Dutch

Etymology

From English socialist, from French socialiste.

Pronunciation

  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌsoː.ʃaːˈlɪst/
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): /ˌsoː.s(i.)jaːˈlɪst/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: so‧ci‧a‧list
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

socialist m (plural socialisten, diminutive socialistje n)

  1. socialist [from ca. 1840]

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Romanian

Etymology

From French socialiste.

Adjective

socialist m or n (feminine singular socialistă, masculine plural socialiști, feminine and neuter plural socialiste)

  1. socialist

Declension

Noun

socialist m (plural socialiști, feminine equivalent socialistă)

  1. socialist

Declension

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