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Socialism - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Socialism : (noun)
1: a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
2: an economic system based on state ownership of capital [syn:
socialist economy] [ant: capitalism]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Socialism : \Socialism\, n.
Socialism of the chair [G. katheder socialismus], a term
applied about 1872, at first in ridicule, to a group of
German political economists who advocated state aid for
the betterment of the working classes. Sock \Sock\, v. t.
[Perh. shortened fr. sockdolager.]
To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with it as an
object. [Prov. or Vulgar] --Kipling.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Socialism : \So"cial*ism\, n. [Cf. F. socialisme.]
A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a
complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and
equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular
usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless,
revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism,
Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.
[Socialism] was first applied in England to Owen's
theory of social reconstruction, and in France to those
also of St. Simon and Fourier . . . The word, however,
is used with a great variety of meaning, . . . even by
economists and learned critics. The general tendency is
to regard as socialistic any interference undertaken by
society on behalf of the poor, . . . radical social
reform which disturbs the present system of private
property . . . The tendency of the present socialism is
more and more to ally itself with the most advanced
democracy. --Encyc. Brit.
We certainly want a true history of socialism, meaning
by that a history of every systematic attempt to
provide a new social existence for the mass of the
workers. --F. Harrison.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Socialism |
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Sparkonomist: Cambodia, Vietnam, South America; Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Islamism; let's link the common paradigms between their perceived threats. |
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secondhandbooks: Edited by Anita Chan: Transforming Asian Socialism - China and Vietnam compared - SGD 20.00: book on Chinas and.. http://bit.ly/5bE1Rj |
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vladklimko: Socialism Creeps In As America Sleeps Transparency!? #politics #HC #corruption #unconstitutional http://frostfires.com/notice/148057 |
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