Socialism
['səʊʃəlɪz(ə)m] or ['soʃəlɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) a political theory advocating state ownership of industry.
(noun.) an economic system based on state ownership of capital.
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Definition
(n.) A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Communism, Fourierism, phalansterianism, Saint Simonianism, humanitarianism.
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Examples
- If he tells you that socialism is against human nature, we have a perfect right to ask where he proved the possibilities of human nature. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He is very generally regarded as the founder of modern Socialism; it was in connection with his work that the word socialism first arose (about 1835). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But his proposals for state settlements were what we should call state socialism to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What is called Fabian Socialism, the exposition of socialism by the London Fabian Society, makes its appeal to reasonable men of all classes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The socialism of the Fabians soon became a definite legislative program which the various political parties were to be bulldozed, cajoled and tricked into enacting. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If the same scholastic method is in force there, all that would be needed to crush socialism is to show its dogmatic inconsistencies. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What are called Revisionists in German Socialism incline in the same direction. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A new philosophical basis is becoming increasingly necessary to socialism--one that may not be truer than the old materialism but that shall simply be more useful. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The first socialism was not a worker's movement; it was a master's movement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The experience of civilized nations has hitherto been adverse to Socialism. Plato. The Republic.
- This marks a great stride away from the socialism of Owen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But socialism has never gone on to a thorough examination of that proviso for efficient administration. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the language of philosophers, socialism as a living force is a product of the will--a will to beauty, order, neighborliness, not infrequently a will to health. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For the time is at hand when they must cease to look upon socialism as inevitable in order to make it so. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A point to note about this early socialism of Owen's is that it was not at first at all democratic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is a dreadful amount of forcible scrubbing and arranging and pocketing implied in some socialisms. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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