Socialist
['səʊʃ(ə)lɪst;'səʊʃəlɪst] or ['soʃəlɪst]
Definition
(n.) One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.
(a.) Alt. of Socialistic
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fourierite, communist.
Typist: Remington
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a socialist in your dreams, your unenvied position among friends and acquaintances is predicted. Your affairs will be neglected for other imaginary duties.
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Examples
- Perhaps more than anyone else, the Fabians are responsible for turning English socialist thought from the verbalism of the Marxian disciples to the actualities of English political life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The socialist demand for a better distribution of wealth is of great consequence, but without a change in the very nature of labor society will not have achieved the happiness it expects. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The socialist movement calls him its prophet, and, while many socialists say he is superseded, no one disputes his historical importance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Start anywhere, with an orthodox socialist and he will lead you to this supreme economic situation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We'll make you a socialist too. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- A large wing of the Socialist Party is the slave of obvious success. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The truth of this can be tested in the socialist movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The gist of the socialist proposal is that land and all the natural means of production, transit, and distribution should be collectively owned. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the Socialist party it has been the custom to denounce the short ballot. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A few Socialists were in office set to govern a city with no Socialist hinterland. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The direct actionists are a warning to the Socialist Party that its tactics and its program are not adequate to domesticating the deepest unrest of labor. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He had voted Socialist. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Back in the '80's he was working with the Webbs, Bernard Shaw, Sidney Olivier, Annie Besant and others in socialist propaganda. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Sorel is engaged in presenting the General Strike as the decisive battle of the class struggle and the core of the socialist movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In short, the most hardened socialist admits choice and deliberation, culture and ideals into his working faith. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Of course you will find plenty of socialists who see other issues and who smile a bit at the rigors of economic determinism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I share this horror when certain socialists begin to propound their schemes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Among the more rigid socialists and reformers it is not customary to spend much time discussing mental habits. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The socialist movement calls him its prophet, and, while many socialists say he is superseded, no one disputes his historical importance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But they had reckoned without the political shrewdness of the socialists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Personal initiative and individual genius are poorly regarded: many socialists are suspicious of originality. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We're all socialists. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- However inevitable the process may seem, all socialists agree that its inevitability should be fully realized. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Many men, just as well aware of present-day evils as the socialists, are unwilling to accept the collectivist remedy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There is a section among the socialists which regards the class movement of labor as a driving force in the socialization of industry. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We are all socialists nowadays, said Sir William Harcourt years ago, and that is loosely true to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A few Socialists were in office set to govern a city with no Socialist hinterland. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I believe too that the fighting qualities of syndicalism are kept at the boiling point by a greater sense of outraged human dignity than can be found among mere socialists or unionists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Is it possible that Republicans, Democrats and Socialists clip the wings more than free spirits can allow? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Marxian paraphernalia crowds three heavy volumes, so elaborate and difficult that socialists rarely read them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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