socialismnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/C2 the set of beliefs that states that all people are equal and should share equally in a country's money, or the political systems based on these beliefs
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Examples
- Equality is one of the pillars of socialism.
- It was the famous speech in which he proclaimed that socialism was dead.
- We must not let the burning torch of socialism go out.
- All her life she had implicit faith in socialism.
- He used a perverted form of socialism to incite racial hatred.
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Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- political science
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populism
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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