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socialist

8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. socialist (noun)
  2. Socialist labor (adjective)
  3. socialist realism (noun)
  4. state socialist (noun)
  5. state-socialist (adjective)
  6. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (geographical name)
  7. national socialism (noun)
  8. utopian socialism (noun)

so·cial·ist

noun \ˈsō-sh(ə-)list\

Definition of SOCIALIST

1
: one who advocates or practices socialism
2
capitalized : a member of a party or political group advocating socialism
— socialist adjective often capitalized
— so·cial·is·tic \ˌsō-shə-ˈlis-tik\ adjective
— so·cial·is·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Examples of SOCIALIST

  1. <a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause>

First Known Use of SOCIALIST

1827

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agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

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