HyperDic: socialist

English > 2 senses of the word *socialist*:
NOUN	person	socialist	a political advocate of socialism / socialism
ADJECTIVE	all	socialist, socialistic	advocating or following the socialist principles

socialist > pronunciation
Sounds	sow'shahlahst; sow'shahlihst
Rhymes	abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst...
Rhymes	abortionist ... Zionist: 245 rhymes with ihst...

English > *socialist*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	advocating or following the socialist principles.
Example	"socialistic government"
Synonym	socialistic
Narrower	collective	Set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
Narrower	collectivist, collectivistic, collectivized, collectivised, state-controlled	Subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively
See also	left	Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
Opposite	capitalistic, capitalist	favoring / favoring or practicing capitalism
Spanish	socialista
Catalan	socialista
Nouns	socialist	a political advocate of socialism / socialism

English > *socialist*: 2 senses > noun 1, person
Meaning	A political advocate of socialism / socialism.
Instances	Castro, Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Ruz	Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)
	Engels, Friedrich Engels	socialist who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895)
	Haywood, Big Bill Haywood, William Dudley Haywood	United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (1869-1928)
	Proudhon, Pierre Joseph Proudhon	French socialist who argued that property is theft (1809-1865)
	Thomas, Norman Thomas, Norman Mattoon Thomas	United States socialist who was a candidate for president six times (1884-1968)
Narrower	Fabian	A member of the Fabian Society in Britain
	Menshevik	A Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian ... / Russian Revolution
	collectivist, leftist, left-winger	A person who belongs to the political left
	communist, commie	A socialist who advocates communism / communism
	internationalist	A member of a socialist or communist international
Broader	politician, politico, pol, political leader	A person active in party politics
Spanish	izquierdista, socialista
Catalan	esquerrà, socialista
Adjectives	socialist	advocating or following the socialist principles
Nouns	socialism	a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
Nouns	socialism	an economic system based on state ownership of capital

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