democratic socialismn.
/ˌdɛməkratɪk ˈsəʊʃəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌdɛməkratɪk ˈsəʊʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌdɛməkrædɪk ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm/ A form of socialism pursued by democratic rather than autocratic or revolutionary means, esp. by respecting a democratically elected legislature as the source of political change; (also more generally) moderate or centrist socialism. Cf. social democracy n.
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Saint-Simonism1830
democratic socialism1848
social democracy1848
scientific socialism1849
utopian socialism1849
state socialism1851
societarianism1852
internationalism1871
state capitalism?1886
nationalism1889
Liberal-Labourism1905
champagne socialism1906
maximalism1909
guild-socialism1912
Popular Frontism1938
Saint-Simonianism1974
1848 Athenæum 2 Dec. 1199/1 With regard to Paris in June, we find him [sc. Marc Caussidière] writing thus of his favourite lever for advancing democratic socialism.
1872 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 511/1 F. settled in Düsseldorf, where he became the most important member of the democratic party, and sang the praises of democratic socialism.
1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. I. v. 265 Russia..is now no longer a Communism nor a democratic Socialism... It is a novel experimental state capitalism.
1962 Listener 15 Nov. 799/1 It [sc. the Labour Party] wished, as it were, to paddle its own canoe—to build in Britain a show-house of democratic socialism which the rest of Europe might inspect and then draw the lesson.
2002 Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 23 Feb. Am I alone in wondering why rich billionaires have suddenly developed an interest in democratic socialism to the extent of making huge donations to the cause of Labour?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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