as in liberalism
a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies
an ardent opponent of socialism
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Recent Examples of socialism
As both candidate and mayor, Mamdani has usually embodied a practical, optimistic sort of left politics — a sewer socialism — laser focused on New Yorkers’ material concerns.
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Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
27 June 2026
An Economist/YouGov Poll in December found deep generational differences in how capitalism and socialism are perceived.
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Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
All together, the results demonstrated the fragility of an Establishment imprimatur, the power of the New York Mayor’s blessing, and the ascendancy of socialism.
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Philip Elliott,
Time,
24 June 2026
The massive gains on child care, sewer socialism with the potholes, and the snow.
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David Weigel,
semafor.com,
23 June 2026
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Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
27 June 2026
An Economist/YouGov Poll in December found deep generational differences in how capitalism and socialism are perceived.
—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
All together, the results demonstrated the fragility of an Establishment imprimatur, the power of the New York Mayor’s blessing, and the ascendancy of socialism.
—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
24 June 2026
The massive gains on child care, sewer socialism with the potholes, and the snow.
—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialism
liberalism
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The Semiquincentennial Commission was conjured into being by Congress back in 2016, during that long-ago summer when the Democratic Party was convening in Philadelphia and the succession of one form of representational liberalism to another seemed pretty well secure.
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Those of us who care about keeping liberalism alive need Europeans to start defending it against all of its enemies—in Moscow, Beijing, and Washington.
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“Socialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialism. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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