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socialist

[soh-shuh-list] / ˈsoʊ ʃə lɪst /


ADJECTIVE
left-wing
Synonyms


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“For some reason that no one can figure out, I really, really like you,” Johnson’s Trump told Mamdani, poking fun at the unlikely rapport between the president and the democratic socialist mayor.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Most voters don’t give a hoot about which candidate is more of a socialist or a moderate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Just before Bannon spoke, democratic socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont told the same crowd that Washington policymakers had not addressed the "potentially catastrophic consequence" of unregulated AI.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Many feminists, especially socialist ones, have demanded wages for housework as well as childcare—salaries, in other words, for mothers who stay home.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

Some of the men, especially those MK soldiers who had been trained in socialist coun-tries, believed that the ANC and the party were one and the same.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Libertarians, social conservatives, progressives, socialists and others could all make a pitch for whatever rights they favored.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

There’s no one agreed-upon definition of socialism, even among avowed socialists themselves.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

Legislation liberalizing the sector is expected to sail through parliament, where Rodriguez's socialists have a majority.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

A spokesperson for Sultana said: "This witch hunt is indefensible - we must build a party that welcomes all socialists."

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

He would certainly repudiate such a classification himself, and the United Labour Party, which he founded in 1886 to promote his views by political action, expelled the socialists from membership in 1887.

From Contemporary Socialism by John Rae




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