socialism

Definitions

1. Any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.
   uncountable, usually
2. Any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods. A system of social and economic equality in which there is no private property. A system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3. A system of social and economic equality in which there is no private property.
   uncountable, usually
4. A system of social and economic equality in which there is no private property
5. A system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state.
   uncountable, usually
6. A system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
7. The intermediate phase of social development between capitalism and communism in Marxist theory in which the state has control of the means of production.
   uncountable, usually
8. The intermediate phase of social development between capitalism and communism in Marxist theory in which the state has control of the means of production
9. Any of a group of later political philosophies such democratic socialism and social democracy which do not envisage the need for full state ownership of the means of production nor transition to full communism, and which are typically based on principles of community decision making, social equality and the avoidance of economic and social exclusion, with economic policy giving first preference to community goals over individual ones.
   uncountable, usually
10. Any of a group of later political philosophies such democratic socialism and social democracy which do not envisage the need for full state ownership of the means of production nor transition to full communism, and which are typically based on principles of community decision making, social equality and the avoidance of economic and social exclusion, with economic policy giving first preference to community goals over individual ones
11. Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.
    US, colloquial, derogatory, often, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

60 more languages

Afrikaanssosialisme

العربيةاجتماعيةاشتراكيةالإشتراكية

Azərbaycan dilisosializm

Беларускаясацыялізм

Българскисоциализъм

বাংলাসমাজতন্ত্র

བོད་སྐད།སྤྱི་ཚོགས་རིང་ལུགས

Bosanskisocijalizamсоцијализам

Catalàsocialisme

Češtinasocialismussocializmus

Dansksocialisme

Ελληνικάσοσιαλισμός

Esperantosocialismo

Eestisotsialism

فارسیسوسیالیسم

Suomisosialismi

Galegosocialismo

ગુજરાતીસમાજવાદ

עבריתסוציאליזם

हिन्दीसमाजवाद

Hrvatskisocijalizamсоцијализам

Magyarszocializmus

Հայերենսոցիալիզմ

Bahasa Indonesiasosialisme

Íslenskajafnaðarstefnasósíalismi

Italianosocialismo

日本語ソーシャリズム社会主義赤

ქართულისოციალიზმი

Қазақ тілісоциализм

ភាសាខ្មែរសង្គមនិយម

한국어사회주의

Kurdîsosyalîzm

Latinasocialismus

ລາວສັງຄົມນິຍົມ

Lietuviųsocializmas

Latviešusociālisms

Македонскисоцијализам

മലയാളംസോഷ്യലിസം

Монголсоциализм

मराठीसमाजवाद

Bahasa Melayusosialisme

မြန်မာဆိုရှယ်လစ်ဝါဒ

Nederlandssocialisme

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਸਮਾਜਵਾਦ

Polskisocjalizm

Portuguêssocialismo

Русскийсоциализм

Slovenčinasocializmus

Slovenščinasocializem

Shqipsocializëm

Српскиsocijalizamсоцијализам

Svenskasocialism

Kiswahiliujamaa

Тоҷикӣсотсиализм

ไทยสังคมนิยม

Tagalogulnungkuro

Türkçeiçtimalcılıksosyalizm

Українськасоціалізм

اردواشتراکیت

Tiếng Việtchủ nghĩa xã hộixã hội chủ nghĩa

Examples

“Soil improvement often involves the movement of large quantities of earth, but the Chinese peasants face⟳ this task with a high degree of enthusiasm for socialism.”

“…Americans as a rule⟳ have⟳ no faith in the fundamental doctrine of socialism — no private property. To be sure, that fundamental doctrine is not expressly maintained in this program⟳ of the British Labor Party ; but all its proposals lead⟳ straight to the adoption by the nation of that doctrine…”

“Socialism is usually defined as "common ownership of the means of production". Crudely: the State, representing the whole nation, owns everything, and everyone is a State employee. This does not mean⟳ that people are stripped of private possessions such as clothes and furniture, but it does mean⟳ that all productive goods, such as land⟳, mines, ships and machinery, are the property of the State... One must also add⟳ the following: approximate equality of incomes (it need⟳ be no more than approximate), political democracy, and abolition of all hereditary privilege, especially in education. These are simply the necessary safeguards against the reappearance of a class-system.”

“As Gorbachev understood perestroika, the Soviet Union would retain⟳ the principal components of state socialism (state control⟳ over the means of production and centralized planning), meaning that state control⟳ over the economy and the labor force⟳ were to be maintained.”

“For me, socialism is not statism, or the collective ownership of the means of production. It is a judgment on the priorities of economic policy…the community takes precedence over the individual in legitimate economic policy. The first lien on the resources of a society therefore should be to establish⟳ that "social minimum" which would allow⟳ individuals to lead⟳ a life of self-respect, to be members of the community.”

“I have⟳ used the term "liberal solidarity". It needs to stake out its ideological territory and to debate⟳ not only with socialism and conservatism, but with other varieties of liberalism.”

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