socialist

See also: Socialist

English

Alternative forms

• Socialist (adjective and noun)

Etymology

From social +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/

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Adjective

socialist (comparative more socialist, superlative most socialist)

1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.
   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:

     ...it must be remembered that in a Socialist farm or manufactory, each labourer would be under the eye not of one master, but of the whole community.

   • 1949 May, Albert Einstein, “Why Socialism?”, in Monthly Review:

     I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.

Synonyms

• socialistic

Antonyms

• capitalist
• capitalistic

Derived terms

• democratic socialist
• international socialist
• national socialist
• pan-socialist
• scientific socialist
• socialist of the chair
• socialist party
• socialist realism
• antisocialist
• anti-socialist
• ecosocialist
• eco-socialist
• Marxian socialist
• National Socialist
• neosocialist
• neo-socialist
• palaeosocialist
• palaeo-socialist
• enviro-socialist
• socialist realist
• paleosocialist
• paleo-socialist
• postsocialist
• post-socialist
• presocialist
• pre-socialist
• prosocialist
• pro-socialist
• pseudosocialist
• pseudo-socialist
• radical socialist
• radical-socialist
• Radical Rocialist
• Radical-Socialist
• Sacred Heart socialist
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

 

Related terms

• socialism

Translations

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism

• Afrikaans: sosialistiese
• Albanian: socialiste
• Arabic: اِشْتِرَاكِيّ (ištirākiyy)
• Armenian: սոցիալիստական (hy) (socʻialistakan)
• Azerbaijani: sosialist
• Belarusian: сацыялісты́чны (sacyjalistýčny)
• Bulgarian: социалисти́чески (socialistíčeski)
• Catalan: socialista (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社會主義的／社会主义的 (shèhuìzhǔyìde)

• Czech: socialistický (cs) m
• Danish: socialistisk
• Dutch: socialistisch (nl), socialistische (nl)
• Esperanto: socialisma
• Estonian: sotsialistlik
• Finnish: sosialistinen (fi)
• French: socialiste (fr)
• Galician: socialista (gl)
• Georgian: სოციალისტური (socialisṭuri)
• German: sozialistisch (de)
• Greek: σοσιαλιστικός (el) (sosialistikós)
• Hebrew: סוציאליסטי (sotsialísti)
• Hungarian: szocialista (hu)
• Ingrian: sotsialisticeskoi
• Irish: sóisialach
• Italian: socialista (it)
• Japanese: 社会主義の (しゃかいしゅぎの, shakai shugi-no)
• Kazakh: социалистік (sosialistık)
• Korean: 사회주의 (ko) (sahoejuui)
• Latvian: sociālistisks
• Lithuanian: socialistinis m, socialistinė f
• Manx: soshiallagh
• Maori: kaioha, manawa hapori, angapori
• Marathi: समाजवादी (samājvādī)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: socialiste
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sosialistisk

  Nynorsk: sosialistisk

• Persian: سوسیالیستی (fa) (sosiyâlisti)
• Polish: socjalistyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: socialista (pt) c
• Romanian: socialist (ro)
• Russian: социалисти́ческий (ru) (socialistíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: sòisealach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: социјалистички

  Roman: socijalistički (sh)

• Slovak: socialistický
• Spanish: socialista (es)
• Swahili: kisoshalisti
• Swedish: socialistisk (sv)
• Tagalog: ulnungkuruin
• Thai: สังคมนิยม (th) (sǎng-kom-ní-yom)
• Turkish: sosyalist (tr)
• Ukrainian: соціалісти́чний (socialistýčnyj)
• Vietnamese: xã hội chủ nghĩa (vi) (社會主義)
• Volapük: sogädimik (vo)
• Welsh: sosialaidd
• Yiddish: סאָציאַליסטיש (sotsyalistish)

Noun

socialist (plural socialists)

1. One who supports or advocates socialism.
   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:

     A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate.

Antonyms

• capitalist
• free enterpriser

Derived terms

• academic socialist
• antisocialist
• libertarian socialist
• anti-socialist
• ecosocialist
• eco-socialist
• champagne socialist
• state socialist
• chardonnay socialist
• convinced socialist
• Gucci socialist
• Marxian socialist
• National Socialist
• neosocialist
• neo-socialist
• palaeosocialist
• palaeo-socialist
• paleosocialist
• paleo-socialist
• parlor socialist
• parlour socialist
• postsocialist
• post-socialist
• presocialist
• pre-socialist
• prosocialist
• pro-socialist
• pseudosocialist
• pseudo-socialist
• radical socialist
• Radical Socialist
• Sacred Heart socialist
• silver-spoon socialist
• smoked salmon socialist

 

Translations

one who supports or advocates socialism

• Afrikaans: sosialis
• Arabic: اِشْتِرَاكِيّ m (ištirākiyy), اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة f (ištirākiyya)
• Basque: sozialista anim
• Belarusian: сацыялі́ст m (sacyjalíst), сацыялі́стка f (sacyjalístka)
• Bulgarian: социали́ст m (socialíst), социали́стка f (socialístka)
• Catalan: socialista (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社會主義者／社会主义者 (zh) (shèhuì zhǔyì zhě), 社會黨人／社会党人 (zh) (shèhuìdǎngrén) (party member)

• Czech: socialista f
• Danish: socialist c
• Dutch: socialist (nl) m, socialiste f
• Esperanto: socialisto
• Estonian: sotsialist
• Finnish: sosialisti (fi)
• French: socialiste (fr) m or f
• German: Sozialist (de) m, Sozialistin (de) f
• Greek: σοσιαλιστής (el) m (sosialistís), κοινωνιστής (el) m (koinonistís)
• Hebrew: סוציאליסטי m (sotsialísti), סוציאליסטית f (sotsialístit)
• Hungarian: szocialista (hu)
• Icelandic: sósíalisti m
• Indonesian: sosialis (id)
• Irish: sóisialaí m
• Italian: socialista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 社会主義者 (しゃかいしゅぎしゃ, shakaishugisha)
• Korean: 사회주의자 (ko) (sahoejuuija)
• Latin: socialista m
• Latvian: sociālists m, sociāliste f
• Lithuanian: socialistas m, socialistė f
• Malay: sosialis
• Manx: soshiallagh m
• Marathi: समाजवादी (samājvādī)
• Norman: socialiste m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sosialist (no) m

  Nynorsk: sosialist m

• Persian: سوسیالیست (fa) (sosiyâlist)
• Polish: socjalista (pl) m, socjalistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: socialista (pt) c
• Romanian: socialist (ro) m, socialistă (ro) f
• Russian: социали́ст (ru) m (socialíst), социали́стка (ru) f (socialístka)
• Scottish Gaelic: sòisealach
• Spanish: socialista (es) c
• Swedish: socialist (sv) c
• Tagalog: ulnungkumuro
• Ukrainian: соціалі́ст m pers (socialíst), соціалі́стка f pers (socialístka)
• Venetian: sociałista m or f by sense
• Volapük: sogädiman, hisogädiman (male), jisogädiman (female)
• Welsh: sosialydd m
• Yiddish: סאָציאַליסט m (sotsyalist)

See also

• capitalist
• communist
• Communist
• Fabianist
• fascist
• Fascist
• leftist
• Leninist
• Maoist
• Marxist
• Marxist-Leninist
• rightist
• Titoist
• Stalinist

 

References

• “socialist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• socialist in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• “socialist”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
• "socialist" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 286.
• “socialist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to social +‎ -ist. From French socialiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soɕaˈlisd̥], [ɕoˈɕaˈlisd̥]

Noun

socialist c (singular definite socialisten, plural indefinite socialister)

1. socialist

Declension

Declension of socialist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	socialist	socialisten	socialister	socialisterne
genitive	socialists	socialistens	socialisters	socialisternes

Dutch

Etymology

From English socialist, from French socialiste.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˌsoː.ʃaːˈlɪst/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ˌsoː.s(i.)jaːˈlɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: so‧ci‧a‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

socialist m (plural socialisten, diminutive socialistje n, feminine socialiste)

1. socialist [from ca. 1840]

Derived terms

• biefstuksocialist
• salonsocialist
• socialistenvreter
• socialistisch

Related terms

• socialisme

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sosialis
• → Indonesian: sosialis

Romanian

Alternative forms

• сочиалист (socialist) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French socialiste, By surface analysis, social +‎ -ist.

Adjective

socialist m or n (feminine singular socialistă, masculine plural socialiști, feminine and neuter plural socialiste)

1. socialist

Declension

Declension of socialist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	socialist		socialistă	socialiști	socialiste
	definite	socialistul		socialista	socialiștii	socialistele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	socialist		socialiste	socialiști	socialiste
	definite	socialistului		socialistei	socialiștilor	socialistelor

Derived terms

• Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească f
• republică autonomă socialistă sovietică f
• republică sovietică socialistă f
• Uniunea Republicilor Sovietice Socialiste f

 

Noun

socialist m (plural socialiști, feminine equivalent socialistă)

1. socialist

Declension

Declension of socialist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) socialist	socialistul	(niște) socialiști	socialiștii
genitive/dative	(unui) socialist	socialistului	(unor) socialiști	socialiștilor
vocative	socialistule		socialiștilor

Related terms

• socialism

Swedish

Noun

socialist c

1. a socialist

Declension

Declension of socialist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	socialist	socialisten	socialister	socialisterna
Genitive	socialists	socialistens	socialisters	socialisternas

Related terms

• socialism
• socialistisk

References

• socialist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• socialist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)