How to Use democratic socialism in a Sentence

democratic socialism

noun
  • The end of the cold war led also to a withering of democratic socialism.
    — Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The results aren’t a coast-to-coast mandate for democratic socialism.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • For five decades, Bernie Sanders has embraced the label of democratic socialism.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
  • At the end of the day, democratic socialism is an ideology that can be applied in infinite ways.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Bloomberg’s attempt to equate his democratic socialism with communist regimes.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Feb. 2020
  • With only a few speeches, Sanders would have converted them to democratic socialism.
    — David Masciotra, CNN, 11 June 2022
  • Sanders, meanwhile, tried to beat back pointed questions about his embrace of democratic socialism and his health following a heart attack last year.
    — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2020
  • For Bell, the linchpin of democratic socialism is democracy.
    — Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Sanders last spoke in depth about democratic socialism in November 2015.
    — Juana Summers, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
  • But that kind of support for the democratic socialism policies can have only so much effect, unless progressives start breaking through in more primaries.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 8 Aug. 2018
  • Sanders’ rivals describe democratic socialism as something more ominous.
    — Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 25 Feb. 2020
  • And look, democratic socialism is about factors of production being controlled by workers or a collective.
    — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Which countries have embraced democratic socialism?
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Minnesota tends to be very far left-leaning politically, so there'll be posters about democratic socialism or about human rights or about refugee rights, and that will all be in seed art as well.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2025
  • And, the embrace of democratic socialism gives Republicans something to campaign against.
    — Elena Moore, NPR, 24 June 2026
  • Voters looking for a moderate alternative to Sanders’ democratic socialism were left without a clear choice.
    — Magan Crane, Bloomberg.com, 13 May 2020
  • Lately, that conversation about health policy has devolved more into a debate over democratic socialism.
    — Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 13 June 2019
  • Like all forms of oppression, Communism and democratic socialism belong in the dustbin of history.
    — Alexander William Salter, National Review, 22 July 2021
  • Republicans, meanwhile, are encouraged by the rise of democratic socialism — for a far different reason.
    — Samuel Chamberlain, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
  • The other leading progressive in the race, Sanders came under attack from Biden and Bloomberg for his embrace of democratic socialism.
    — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2020
  • The sample questions covered basic political topics, such as the meaning of democratic socialism.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Claus is only running for the special election, as an independent who espouses the democratic socialism of Bernie Sanders.
    — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
  • Shaping those terms will be crucial if Sanders is to convince voters that his embrace of democratic socialism isn't a barrier to winning the White House.
    — Juana Summers, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
  • There isn’t one universal definition of democratic socialism.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 18 June 2026
  • Thus, without additional reforms, single-payer could wind up enabling a massive set of corporate subsidies in the name of, well, democratic socialism.
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 13 July 2018
  • Much of the new energy on the left over the past several years has been about making government bigger and bolder, an ideal driven by a burgeoning movement toward democratic socialism.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 14 Dec. 2018
  • The idea that party committees must maintain complete neutrality in primary elections is not a first principle of democratic socialism.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Apr. 2018
  • And while democratic socialism is not the same thing as socialism, that nuance has been glossed over in past Republican attacks -- and, as the post-mortem makes clear, voters don't tend to see that nuance either.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 7 June 2021
  • Bernie Sanders combined it with a call for democratic socialism, as did Jeremy Corbyn in Britain’s recent general election.
    — Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, 13 June 2017
  • For 10 years, that desire has powered the rebirth of democratic socialism, driven by millennials and zoomers who can’t afford the milestones of adult life as easily as their parents did.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025

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