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socialist

[soh-shuh-list] / ˈsoʊ ʃə lɪst /


ADJECTIVE
left-wing
Synonyms


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Supporters of former socialist president Evo Morales, who was in power from 2006 to 2019, arrived in La Paz on Monday after marching for seven days from Oruro, about 180 kilometers south of the capital.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Mamdani, who calls himself a democratic socialist, went to JPMorgan Chase’s new headquarters at 270 Park Avenue for a noon meeting with the billionaire Dimon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The former is an economic system advocating for social ownership of industry, while the latter is a political approach that blends socialist ideas within a democratic system.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

“The House of the Spirits” spans half a century, including the coup that replaced a socialist president with a military dictator, based on Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet, respectively, though neither are ever named.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

In Berlin, he knew, an ambitious liberal democracy with socialist leanings was shedding the husk of its past and guiding the birth of a new republic in the thirties.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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