Meanings
nounsocial democrat (plural social democrats)
plural social democrats
- governmentA supporter of social democracy, a political ideology in which a socialist system of government is achieved by democratic means.
Another resolution of the Fifth Congress assessed the position of the social democrats, stating that their role, in collusion with the bourgeoisie, was to instil democratic and pacifist illusions in the working class.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 110
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Catalan socialdemòcrata
- socialdemòcratasupporter of social democracy
Dutch sociaaldemocraat
- sociaaldemocraatsupporter of social democracy
Esperanto socialdemokrato
- socialdemokratosupporter of social democracy
Finnish sosiaalidemokraatti
- sosiaalidemokraattisupporter of social democracy
French social-démocrate
- social-démocratesupporter of social democracy
German Sozialdemokrat, Sozialdemokratin
- Sozialdemokratsupporter of social democracy
- Sozialdemokratinsupporter of social democracy
Greek σοσιαλδημοκράτης
- σοσιαλδημοκράτης (sosialdimokrátis)supporter of social democracy
Hebrew סוציאל דמוקרט
- סוציאל דמוקרט (sotsiál demokrát)supporter of social democracy
Hungarian szociáldemokrata
- szociáldemokratasupporter of social democracy
Irish daonlathaí sóisialta
- daonlathaí sóisialtasupporter of social democracy
Japanese 社会民主主義者
- 社会民主主義者 (shakai minshushugisha)supporter of social democracy
Malay demokrat sosial
- demokrat sosialsupporter of social democracy
Norwegian Bokmål sosialdemokrat
- sosialdemokratsupporter of social democracy
Polish esdek, socjaldemokrata
- esdeksupporter of social democracy
- socjaldemokratasupporter of social democracy
- socjaldemokratkasupporter of social democracy
Portuguese social-democrata
- social-democratasupporter of social democracy
Romanian social-democrat
- social-democratsupporter of social democracy
Russian социал-демократ
- социал-демократ (social-demokrat)supporter of social democracy
Swahili mwanademokrasia wa jamii
- mwanademokrasia wa jamiisupporter of social democracy
Swedish socialdemokrat
- socialdemokratsupporter of social democracy
Turkish sosyal demokrat
- sosyal demokratsupporter of social democracy
Ukrainian соціа́л-демокра́т, есде́к
- соціа́л-демокра́т (sociál-demokrát)supporter of social democracy
- есде́к (esdék)supporter of social democracy
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APA
social democrat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20democrat
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“social democrat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20democrat. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “social democrat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20democrat.
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