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socialist

[soh-shuh-list] / ˈsoʊ ʃə lɪst /


ADJECTIVE
left-wing
Synonyms


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But in an interview late last year, Platner declined to be identified as a democratic socialist, saying, “It’s not my politics.”

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2026

But it would also become a time of an enormous sense of loss for people in the east who found their socialist society absorbed, almost overnight, into the capitalist west.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Like Mamdani, Lewis George identifies as a democratic socialist, not a communist.

From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026

Meanwhile, Brad Lander, a former NYC comptroller, defeated incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman, while democratic socialist Assembly member Claire Valdez won the primary for an open seat representing parts of Brooklyn and Queens.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 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




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