SOCIALISM Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

socialism

noun

Definition of socialism

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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 Hour after hour, hosts and guests decry the Democratic Party and denounce socialism. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026 More broadly, the USSR was shifting from overregulated socialism to unregulated capitalism, which would reveal itself in full force in the 1990s. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Oct. 2026 Disenchantment with the current political and economic system has also reached a point where socialism has grown more popular among Americans. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 In the past, Republicans' messaging on socialism had a powerful impact on this district. — Claudia Grisales, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for socialism

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liberalism

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The discussion came as Douthat asked a broader question about parental control over education and tensions between some Muslim voters and cultural liberalism.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Three separate studies in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee discovered the same relationship between degree of Southern accent and political conservatism or liberalism.

— Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

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