democratic socialism

noun

A left-wing ideology that aims to introduce democracy into the workforce, i.e. worker cooperatives, and ensure public provision of basic human needs.

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Meanings

noundemocratic socialism (usually uncountable, plural democratic socialisms)

plural democratic socialisms

  1. uncountableusuallygovernmentA left-wing ideology that aims to introduce democracy into the workforce, i.e. worker cooperatives, and ensure public provision of basic human needs.
  2. uncountableusuallygovernmentAny form of socialism based on democratic principles and institutions.

Translations

Arabic اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة
  • اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة (ištirākiyya dimuqrāṭiyya)socialism based on democratic principles
Bulgarian демократичен социализъм
  • демократичен социализъм (demokratičen socializăm)socialism based on democratic principles
Catalan socialisme democràtic
  • socialisme democràticsocialism based on democratic principles
Chinese Mandarin 民主社會主義 /民主社会主义
  • 民主社會主義 /民主社会主义 (mínzhǔ shèhuìzhǔyì)socialism based on democratic principles
Czech demokratický socialismus
  • demokratický socialismussocialism based on democratic principles
Danish demokratisk socialisme
  • demokratisk socialismesocialism based on democratic principles
Dutch democratisch socialisme
  • democratisch socialismesocialism based on democratic principles
Esperanto demokrata socialismo
  • demokrata socialismosocialism based on democratic principles
Finnish demokraattinen sosialismi
  • demokraattinen sosialismisocialism based on democratic principles
French socialisme démocratique
  • socialisme démocratiquesocialism based on democratic principles
German demokratischer Sozialismus
  • demokratischer Sozialismussocialism based on democratic principles
Greek δημοκρατικός σοσιαλισμός
  • δημοκρατικός σοσιαλισμός (dimokratikós sosialismós)socialism based on democratic principles
Hungarian demokratikus szocializmus
  • demokratikus szocializmussocialism based on democratic principles
Indonesian sosialisme demokratis
  • sosialisme demokratissocialism based on democratic principles
Italian socialismo democratico
  • socialismo democraticosocialism based on democratic principles
Lithuanian demokratinis socializmas
  • demokratinis socializmassocialism based on democratic principles
Norwegian Bokmål demokratisk sosialisme
  • demokratisk sosialismesocialism based on democratic principles
Persian سوسیالیسم دموکراتیک
  • سوسیالیسم دموکراتیک (sosiyâlism-e demokrâtik)socialism based on democratic principles
Polish socjalizm demokratyczny
  • socjalizm demokratycznysocialism based on democratic principles
Portuguese socialismo democrático
  • socialismo democráticosocialism based on democratic principles
Romanian socialism democratic
  • socialism democraticsocialism based on democratic principles
Russian демократи́ческий социали́зм
  • демократи́ческий социали́зм (demokratíčeskij socialízm)socialism based on democratic principles
Slovak demokratický socializmus
  • demokratický socializmussocialism based on democratic principles
Spanish socialismo democrático
  • socialismo democráticosocialism based on democratic principles
Swedish demokratisk socialism
  • demokratisk socialismsocialism based on democratic principles
Turkish demokratik sosyalizm
  • demokratik sosyalizmsocialism based on democratic principles
Vietnamese chủ nghĩa xã hội dân chủ
  • chủ nghĩa xã hội dân chủsocialism based on democratic principles
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