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
Trump unleashes the 'Donroe Doctrine' and puts socialists on notice worldwide.
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FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The hires, which were first reported by the New York Times and expected to be officially announced Tuesday, highlight the ideological alignment of Mamdani and Sanders, both of whom are democratic socialists and see each other as political peers.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
Other socialists in the city could target House seats.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Dec. 2025
In the years that followed, more socialists, such as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, have been elected to Congress, and a socialist will now lead the nation’s largest city.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
The recent elections of New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson—both young democratic socialists running on platforms of affordability—have some speculating whether voters are shifting blue again.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
The congressman might be surprised to learn that, a little more than a century ago, his own state had been home to one of the strongest contingents of socialists in America.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Democratic socialists believe that the government and economy should be run for the benefit of the public rather than private profit.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Are democratic socialists still Democrats?
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The hires, which were first reported by the New York Times and expected to be officially announced Tuesday, highlight the ideological alignment of Mamdani and Sanders, both of whom are democratic socialists and see each other as political peers.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
Other socialists in the city could target House seats.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Dec. 2025
In the years that followed, more socialists, such as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, have been elected to Congress, and a socialist will now lead the nation’s largest city.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
The recent elections of New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson—both young democratic socialists running on platforms of affordability—have some speculating whether voters are shifting blue again.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
The congressman might be surprised to learn that, a little more than a century ago, his own state had been home to one of the strongest contingents of socialists in America.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Democratic socialists believe that the government and economy should be run for the benefit of the public rather than private profit.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Are democratic socialists still Democrats?
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialists
communists
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Instead, the major political factions of the time — from the moderates to the communists to the Islamists to millions of everyday Iranians — put their trust in the mullahs to bring them a free Iran.—
Talla Mountjoy,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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The self-governing island split from the mainland in 1949 after Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists retreated there upon losing a civil war with Mao Zedong’s communists.—
Ted Anthony,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2025
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