socialist

comparative more socialist · superlative most socialist · alternative adjective noun Socialist

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.

   1848, John Stuart Mill, chapter 1, in Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy. […], volume II, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC

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   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.

   1949 May, Albert Einstein, “Why Socialism?”, in Monthly Review

   As an inquisitive teenager growing up in provincial eastern Germany, Katja Hoyer one day raised a question in class. How was her teacher suddenly able to switch from all those years of teaching history and politics from a triumphant socialist perspective to that of a new, western-led curriculum?

   2023 April 28, Frederick Studemann, “Katja Hoyer: we need to hear ‘the whole story’ about East Germany”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC

   Synonyms: socialistic

plural socialists · alternative adjective noun Socialist

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.

   1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1

1. not comparableOf, belonging to, or constituting a party or political group that advocates socialism.

   An intelligent Socialist movement will use their patriotism, instead of merely insulting it, as hitherto.

   1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. III

   Synonyms: socialistic

plural Socialists

1. A member of a party or political group that advocates socialism.

   Synonyms: socialist