socialist
noun
so·cial·ist
ˈsō-sh(ə-)list 
1
: one who advocates or practices socialism
2
Socialist
: a member of a party or political group advocating socialism
socialist
adjective
often Socialist
Examples of socialist in a Sentence
a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause
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Mamdani, a democratic socialist, has raised his national profile in part by championing higher taxes on the wealthy.
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Steve Kopack, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Patterson, born in New York City, was the daughter of a Black poet father and a German Jewish artist mother whose brother, a socialist in the French Resistance, had fought and then fled the Nazis.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Until mid-April, Bass’s chief rival was presumed to be Nithya Raman, a city-council member who chairs the city’s Housing and Homelessness Committee and who identifies as a democratic socialist.
—Meghan Daum, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Five months into New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's term, NYC Common Sense, a group of the city's more moderate power brokers, has announced plans to raise money, file lawsuits and work against the democratic socialist.
—Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 13 May 2026
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Steve Kopack, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Patterson, born in New York City, was the daughter of a Black poet father and a German Jewish artist mother whose brother, a socialist in the French Resistance, had fought and then fled the Nazis.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Until mid-April, Bass’s chief rival was presumed to be Nithya Raman, a city-council member who chairs the city’s Housing and Homelessness Committee and who identifies as a democratic socialist.
—Meghan Daum, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Five months into New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's term, NYC Common Sense, a group of the city's more moderate power brokers, has announced plans to raise money, file lawsuits and work against the democratic socialist.
—Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 13 May 2026
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“Socialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialist. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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