as in communists
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 socialists
Remember this yet again next time conservatives marinating in their victimhood claim Hollywood is full of socialists.
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John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Throughout the late nineteenth century and much of the twentieth, Jewish socialists, liberals, anarchists, and Zionists all saw their respective political programs as offering a remedy for anti-Semitism.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
We’re cursed with loudmouth, throwback hippie socialists in high places, but Arlington’s a pretty, quiet town bracketed by mountains and made famous by Norman Rockwell, who lived and did his best work here from the 1930s into the ’50s.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
Israel’s first government was led by nationalists and socialists.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Forte, on the campaign trail, had leaned heavily into the argument that Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow Democrats are socialists.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
These modern socialists go after their prey by extensive regulation.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Modern fascist parties might have accommodated themselves to electoral democracy, as did many socialists and archconservatives before them.
—Justin Casey, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2023
John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Throughout the late nineteenth century and much of the twentieth, Jewish socialists, liberals, anarchists, and Zionists all saw their respective political programs as offering a remedy for anti-Semitism.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
We’re cursed with loudmouth, throwback hippie socialists in high places, but Arlington’s a pretty, quiet town bracketed by mountains and made famous by Norman Rockwell, who lived and did his best work here from the 1930s into the ’50s.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
Israel’s first government was led by nationalists and socialists.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Forte, on the campaign trail, had leaned heavily into the argument that Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow Democrats are socialists.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
These modern socialists go after their prey by extensive regulation.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Modern fascist parties might have accommodated themselves to electoral democracy, as did many socialists and archconservatives before them.
—Justin Casey, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialists
communists
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The nationalists and communists fell into an uneasy truce with the creation of the second united front in 1937.—
Meredith Oyen,
The Conversation,
2 Sep. 2025
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It was roiled by rampant political violence, frequent political assassinations, and street fights between communists and fascists, both of whom rejected the new regime.—
DANIEL ZIBLATT,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Socialists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialists. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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