as in liberalism
a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies
an ardent opponent of socialism
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Recent Examples of socialism
What's happening in Illinois exemplifies modern socialism's playbook.
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Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Yeah, there seems to be affection for the original line of royalty who were all about sharing resources, even though communism, or even socialism, is at odds with monarchy.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Just the same, there is an argument with the free-market champion’s insinuation that TikTok and other social media should be blamed for socialism’s alleged popularity.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In sharp contrast, well, maybe not that sharp, socialism is an economic system in which the government nationalizes all the factors of production.
—Walter E Block, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2025
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Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Yeah, there seems to be affection for the original line of royalty who were all about sharing resources, even though communism, or even socialism, is at odds with monarchy.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Just the same, there is an argument with the free-market champion’s insinuation that TikTok and other social media should be blamed for socialism’s alleged popularity.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In sharp contrast, well, maybe not that sharp, socialism is an economic system in which the government nationalizes all the factors of production.
—Walter E Block, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialism
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New York’s benevolent liberalism of the Rockefeller years comes off as top-down benevolence, sociological benevolence, experience-free benevolence.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
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In the mid-twentieth century, however, liberalism began to predominate to such an extent that republicanism, and its concern with the civic consequences of economic choices, largely faded from view.—
Jennifer M. Harris,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Socialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialism. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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