ecosocialism

Definitions

An ideology merging aspects of Marxism, socialism, green politics, environmentalism, etc. that opposes capitalism.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Mrs. Lienemann, the French Housing Minister, sees socialist and ecological forces proposing what she calls “a new culture”—perhaps named “Ecosocialism”—that might, she believes, work⟳ for innovations like⟳ a 32-hour workweek, more democracy at the workplace, and “a greater stress⟳ on quality than quantity in everyday life.””

“Whenever he launched an ideological crusade, he did so zealously — even if, as in the case of ecosocialism, its very definition and the collateral demand⟳ for an appealing alternative to capitalism were not self-evident.”

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