unsocialistn.adj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsəʊʃl̩ɪst/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈsəʊʃəlɪst/, U.S. /ˌənˈsoʊʃələst/ A. n.
One who is not a socialist.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [noun] > adherent of > not
non-socialist1887
unsocialist1892
1892 G. B. Shaw Fabian Soc. 6 Socialist statesmanship must..consist largely of taking advantage of the party dissensions between the Unsocialists.
1967 Spectator 28 July 103/3 To an unsocialist, socialism is as unmoral as it is fatuous. Suez revealed the extent to which the Conservative party has given up the idea of an unsocialist morality.
B. adj.
Not socialist.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [adjective] > not
unsocialist1893
non-socialist1896
1893 G. B. Shaw Imposs. Anarchism 4 It was bad enough to have to contend with the conservative forces of the modern unsocialist State.
1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned iv. 423 She'd been afraid..in strange, unsocialist towns.
1967 [see sense A.]. 1979 Guardian 9 Oct. 4/8 You can't..let this community be destroyed. It's un-Christian, let alone unsocialist.
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