SOCIALISM
\sˈə͡ʊʃə͡lˌɪzəm], \sˈəʊʃəlˌɪzəm], \s_ˈəʊ_ʃ_əl_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of SOCIALISM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.
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A system of government in which means of production and distribution of goods are controlled by the state.
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The economic doctrine that the welfare of society depends on government control of economic activities, and that economic opportunity should be equal for all; the political movement based on this doctrine.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The name given to schemes for regenerating society by a more equal distribution of property and esp. by substituting the principle of association for that of competition.
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By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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