as in communist
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause
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Recent Examples of socialist
And Griffin punched back, apparently much to the surprise of the young socialist.
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Liz Peek, Washington Post, 4 May 2026
May Day’s roots trace back to the 19th Century, when Marxists, socialists and labor unions called for a day of strikes in Paris and later became a national holiday in the Soviet Union after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
—Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a devout socialist and one of the most vocal opponents of the Pentagon’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran, brushed off the threat of being removed from the alliance.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
He was later pardoned and won election for president as a socialist in 1999.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Liz Peek, Washington Post, 4 May 2026
May Day’s roots trace back to the 19th Century, when Marxists, socialists and labor unions called for a day of strikes in Paris and later became a national holiday in the Soviet Union after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
—Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a devout socialist and one of the most vocal opponents of the Pentagon’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran, brushed off the threat of being removed from the alliance.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
He was later pardoned and won election for president as a socialist in 1999.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialist
communist
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To get a sentence like that in a communist, radically left-wing city of liberal lunatics is truly amazing.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The president has spent a decade calling his rivals communists and traitors, among other hyperbolic insults.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Socialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialist. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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