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		Definition of social democracy in English: social democracynoun  mass nounA socialist system of government achieved by democratic means.  there was a growth of social democracy through an extension of the rights of citizens  Example sentencesExamples -  These policies have sometimes been described in shorthand as modern capitalism or social democracy.
 -  On yet further occasions, she seems to represent a new intellectual phenomenon: militant social democracy.
 -  Broadbent's lecture began with a nostalgic overview of the formation of the welfare state and modern social democracy.
 -  In his first Observer article Hattersley complained that meritocracy was incompatible with social democracy.
 -  In fact, almost the entire left today believes in highly regulated capitalism, or social democracy.
 
 
 Derivatives   noun  A supporter or advocate of a socialist system of government achieved by democratic means.  a staunch social democrat and champion of the welfare state  Example sentencesExamples - He might have described himself as a conservative social democrat, of the sort that might plausibly gravitate toward neoconservatism.
 - The social democrats gambled on bourgeois democracy and the stability of capitalism.
 - Politically, this tradition of progressive modernism has been tied to various leftist currents of thought, whether Marxist or social democrat.
 
 
 
    Definition of social democracy in US English: social democracynounˈsoʊʃəl dəˈmɑkrəsi A socialist system of government achieved by democratic means.  there was a growth of social democracy through an extension of the rights of citizens  Example sentencesExamples -  In fact, almost the entire left today believes in highly regulated capitalism, or social democracy.
 -  On yet further occasions, she seems to represent a new intellectual phenomenon: militant social democracy.
 -  These policies have sometimes been described in shorthand as modern capitalism or social democracy.
 -  In his first Observer article Hattersley complained that meritocracy was incompatible with social democracy.
 -  Broadbent's lecture began with a nostalgic overview of the formation of the welfare state and modern social democracy.
 
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Definition of social democracy in English:
social democracy