socialist
noun
so·cial·ist
ˈsō-sh(ə-)list 
1
: one who advocates or practices socialism
2
capitalized
: a member of a party or political group advocating socialism
socialist
adjective
often capitalized
Examples of socialist in a Sentence
a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause
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That was demonstrated on the night before Newsom’s announcement when Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — two East Coast democratic socialists — attracted nearly 30,000 people at an anti-Trump rally in a Republican congressional district near Sacramento.
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George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
But America’s regulated economy and social safety net didn’t just materialize after an invasion of socialists from Mars.
—Mark Green, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
What's to stop a radical left president from using these enormous new powers to fire the whole Trump bureaucracy and replace it with socialists?
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Consider their ratings of Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the Democratic Party but describes himself as a democratic socialist.
—David Campbell, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2025
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George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
But America’s regulated economy and social safety net didn’t just materialize after an invasion of socialists from Mars.
—Mark Green, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
What's to stop a radical left president from using these enormous new powers to fire the whole Trump bureaucracy and replace it with socialists?
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Consider their ratings of Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the Democratic Party but describes himself as a democratic socialist.
—David Campbell, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Socialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialist. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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