socialist
noun
so·cial·ist
ˈsō-sh(ə-)list 
1
: one who advocates or practices socialism
2
Socialist
: a member of a party or political group advocating socialism
socialist
adjective
often Socialist
Examples of socialist in a Sentence
a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause
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Maduro, a socialist aligned with Havana, pleaded not guilty.
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Phil Stewart, USA Today, 30 May 2026
Democratic socialists won a decisive victory in Hollywood recently, albeit on a political battlefield few politicians have tread.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Mamdani, a democratic socialist, has raised his national profile in part by championing higher taxes on the wealthy.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Patterson, born in New York City, was the daughter of a Black poet father and a German Jewish artist mother whose brother, a socialist in the French Resistance, had fought and then fled the Nazis.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
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Phil Stewart, USA Today, 30 May 2026
Democratic socialists won a decisive victory in Hollywood recently, albeit on a political battlefield few politicians have tread.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Mamdani, a democratic socialist, has raised his national profile in part by championing higher taxes on the wealthy.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Patterson, born in New York City, was the daughter of a Black poet father and a German Jewish artist mother whose brother, a socialist in the French Resistance, had fought and then fled the Nazis.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
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“Socialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialist. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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