socialist

• Socialist (adjective and noun)

From social +‎ -ist.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/

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socialist (comparative more socialist, superlative most socialist)

1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.
   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:

     ...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.

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

     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.

• socialistic

• capitalist
• capitalistic

• socialism

socialist (plural socialists)

1. One who supports or advocates socialism.
   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:

     A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate.

• capitalist
• free enterpriser

• socialist at OneLook Dictionary Search
• socialist in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• “socialist”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
• "socialist" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 286.
• “socialist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Equivalent to social +‎ -ist. From French socialiste.

• IPA^(key): [soɕaˈlisd̥], [ɕoˈɕaˈlisd̥]

socialist c (singular definite socialisten, plural indefinite socialister)

1. socialist

From English socialist, from French socialiste.

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˌsoː.ʃaːˈlɪst/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ˌsoː.s(i.)jaːˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: so‧ci‧a‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

socialist m (plural socialisten, diminutive socialistje n)

1. socialist [from ca. 1840]

• biefstuksocialist
• salonsocialist
• socialistenvreter
• socialistisch

• socialisme

From French socialiste.

socialist m or n (feminine singular socialistă, masculine plural socialiști, feminine and neuter plural socialiste)

1. socialist

socialist m (plural socialiști, feminine equivalent socialistă)

1. socialist