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democratic socialist, a. and n.
Brit. |ˌdɛməkratɪk ˈsəʊʃəlɪst|, |ˌdɛməkratɪk ˈsəʊʃlɪst|, U.S. |ˌdɛməkrædɪk ˈsoʊʃələst|
[‹ democratic adj. + socialist n. and adj.]
A. adj. Of or relating to democratic socialism, or its advocates. Cf. social democratic adj..
1849Littell's Living Age 20 Jan. 143/2 Now, if we look to the democratic socialist party, we behold a compact, intelligent body. 1968H. W. Laidler Hist. Socialism xliii. 742 Mr. Hillquit's distinction between government ownership and collective ownership..was..the distinction made between the state socialist and the democratic socialist approach. 1979T. Benn Arguments for Socialism i. 38 It is not only in the West that Marxism is seen as one of the main sources of democratic socialist philosophy. 2001Nation (N.Y.) 16 July 14/1 Radosh..weirdly..goes on to mention favorable treatment in print by Nation columnist Katha Pollitt, historian Maurice Isserman and James Weinstein—hardly chopped liver in democratic socialist circles.
B. n. An advocate of democratic socialism; a member of a political party whose aims are those of democratic socialism. Cf. social democrat n..
1852F. L. Olmsted Walks & Talks of Amer. Farmer in Eng. 239 Why, sir, they were democratic socialists, and the worst sort, ‘having all things in common’, the record of their acts says. 1870tr. M. F. Bastiat Sophisms of Protectionists 349 It is thus that the democratic Socialist, Thore, expresses himself. 1948Observer 7 Mar. 4/2 Communists have no use for democratic Socialists except as stooges, and the end they are working for is not Socialism but the totalitarian police-State. 1991Japan Forum 3 298 During the 1950s, the fissiparous Japanese Socialists spent much time debating whether they were ‘social democrats’..or ‘democratic socialists’.., the point being whether ‘socialism’ or ‘democracy’ should come first. 2002Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 16 July His allies say there is a political philosophy at work: a democratic socialist will fund good services no matter how they are paid. |