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socialism

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of socialism

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
Synonyms and Near Synonyms of socialism

radicalism

left, leftism, left wing, liberalism

neoliberalism
Antonyms and Near Antonyms of socialism

neoconservatism

conservatism, illiberalism, immobilism, right

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