social democracy

n. A political theory advocating the use of democratic means to achieve a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism. Also called democratic socialism.

social democrat n.social democratic adj.

social democracy

n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (sometimes capital) the beliefs, principles, practices, or programme of a Social Democratic Party or of social democrats social democratic adj

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Noun

social democracy - the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic meansideology, political orientation, political theory - an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

Translations

σοσιαλδημοκρατίαsocial-démocratiesocialdemocrazia

social democracy

political parties of the Left, whose programmes embrace SOCIALISM, but which pursue these objectives by electoral and parliamentary means, eschewing insurrection or violent revolution. Initially the term had a currency mainly within Marxism. In time, it has come to refer more widely to non-Marxist reformist parties of the Left, including the British Labour Party. Most recently it has been used to refer to political parties and policies which assert the value of plural social institutions and a MIXED ECONOMY, as against either a ONE-PARTY SYSTEM and a COMMAND ECONOMY, or the untrammelled working of a free MARKET ECONOMY.

social democracy

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Words related to social democracy

noun the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means

Related Words

ideology
political orientation
political theory

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