How to Use democratic socialism in a Sentence

democratic socialism

noun

• The end of the cold war led also to a withering of democratic socialism.
  — Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 20 Nov. 2021
• The results aren’t a coast-to-coast mandate for democratic socialism.
  — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 June 2026
• Still, a lot of Americans are confused about what democratic socialism is.
  — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 30 July 2026
• For five decades, Bernie Sanders has embraced the label of democratic socialism.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
• At the end of the day, democratic socialism is an ideology that can be applied in infinite ways.
  — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
• Bloomberg’s attempt to equate his democratic socialism with communist regimes.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Feb. 2020
• With only a few speeches, Sanders would have converted them to democratic socialism.
  — David Masciotra, CNN, 11 June 2022
• Sanders, meanwhile, tried to beat back pointed questions about his embrace of democratic socialism and his health following a heart attack last year.
  — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2020
• For Bell, the linchpin of democratic socialism is democracy.
  — Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
• Sanders last spoke in depth about democratic socialism in November 2015.
  — Juana Summers, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
• But that kind of support for the democratic socialism policies can have only so much effect, unless progressives start breaking through in more primaries.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 8 Aug. 2018
• Sanders’ rivals describe democratic socialism as something more ominous.
  — Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 25 Feb. 2020
• And look, democratic socialism is about factors of production being controlled by workers or a collective.
  — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2022
• This is the fork in the road between Mamdani’s democratic socialism and the supply-side progressive tradition.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 July 2026
• Which countries have embraced democratic socialism?
  — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
• Minnesota tends to be very far left-leaning politically, so there'll be posters about democratic socialism or about human rights or about refugee rights, and that will all be in seed art as well.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2025
• And, the embrace of democratic socialism gives Republicans something to campaign against.
  — Elena Moore, NPR, 24 June 2026
• Voters looking for a moderate alternative to Sanders’ democratic socialism were left without a clear choice.
  — Magan Crane, Bloomberg.com, 13 May 2020
• The editorial board knows that democratic socialism is not communism.
  — Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
• Lately, that conversation about health policy has devolved more into a debate over democratic socialism.
  — Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 13 June 2019
• Like all forms of oppression, Communism and democratic socialism belong in the dustbin of history.
  — Alexander William Salter, National Review, 22 July 2021
• Republicans, meanwhile, are encouraged by the rise of democratic socialism — for a far different reason.
  — Samuel Chamberlain, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
• The other leading progressive in the race, Sanders came under attack from Biden and Bloomberg for his embrace of democratic socialism.
  — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2020
• The same will be true of future critiques of democratic socialism, as the sweeping promises that government can solve every problem collapse under the weight of reality.
  — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2026
• The sample questions covered basic political topics, such as the meaning of democratic socialism.
  — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
• Claus is only running for the special election, as an independent who espouses the democratic socialism of Bernie Sanders.
  — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
• Shaping those terms will be crucial if Sanders is to convince voters that his embrace of democratic socialism isn't a barrier to winning the White House.
  — Juana Summers, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
• There isn’t one universal definition of democratic socialism.
  — Chantelle Lee, Time, 18 June 2026
• Thus, without additional reforms, single-payer could wind up enabling a massive set of corporate subsidies in the name of, well, democratic socialism.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 13 July 2018
• Much of the new energy on the left over the past several years has been about making government bigger and bolder, an ideal driven by a burgeoning movement toward democratic socialism.
  — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 14 Dec. 2018