socialism
n. political theory advocating the collective ownership and administration of the production and distribution of goods; political system based on the theory of socialism | ||||
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Socialism Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Socialism
(n.)
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.
(n.)
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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
socialism
Noun
1. a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
(hypernym) political orientation, ideology, political theory
(hyponym) Fabianism
2. an economic system based on state ownership of capital
(synonym) socialist economy
(antonym) capitalism, capitalist economy
(hypernym) managed economy
(hyponym) communism
Noun
1. a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
(hypernym) political orientation, ideology, political theory
(hyponym) Fabianism
2. an economic system based on state ownership of capital
(synonym) socialist economy
(antonym) capitalism, capitalist economy
(hypernym) managed economy
(hyponym) communism
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socialism
A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.
A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
socialism
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Socialism Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Socialism Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Raynet Business & Marketing Glossary |
Socialism
economic system which is based on cooperation rather than competition and which utilizes centralized planning and distribution (see capitalism, command economy.)
economic system which is based on cooperation rather than competition and which utilizes centralized planning and distribution (see capitalism, command economy.)
| A Glossary of Political Economy Terms |
Socialism
A class of ideologies favoring an economic system in which all or most productive resources are the property of the government, in which the production and distribution of goods and services are administered primarily by the government rather than by private enterprise, and in which any remaining private production and distribution (socialists differ on how much of this is tolerable) is heavily regulated by the government rather than by market processes . Both democratic and non-democratic socialists insist that the government they envision as running the economy must in principle be one that truly reflects the will of the masses of the population (or at least their "true" best interests), but of course they differ considerably in their ideas about what sorts of political institutions and practices are required to ensure this will be so. In practice, socialist economic principles may be combined with an extremely wide range of attitudes toward personal freedom, civil liberties , mass political participation, bureaucracy and political competition, ranging from Western European democratic socialism to the more authoritarian socialisms of many third world regimes to the totalitarian excesses of Soviet-style socialism or communism .
[See also: communism , welfare state , anarchism , democracy , civil rights/civil liberties , totalitarianism , market economy , egalitarianism ]
A class of ideologies favoring an economic system in which all or most productive resources are the property of the government, in which the production and distribution of goods and services are administered primarily by the government rather than by private enterprise, and in which any remaining private production and distribution (socialists differ on how much of this is tolerable) is heavily regulated by the government rather than by market processes . Both democratic and non-democratic socialists insist that the government they envision as running the economy must in principle be one that truly reflects the will of the masses of the population (or at least their "true" best interests), but of course they differ considerably in their ideas about what sorts of political institutions and practices are required to ensure this will be so. In practice, socialist economic principles may be combined with an extremely wide range of attitudes toward personal freedom, civil liberties , mass political participation, bureaucracy and political competition, ranging from Western European democratic socialism to the more authoritarian socialisms of many third world regimes to the totalitarian excesses of Soviet-style socialism or communism .
[See also: communism , welfare state , anarchism , democracy , civil rights/civil liberties , totalitarianism , market economy , egalitarianism ]
| Glossary of Sociology |
SOCIALISM
An economic system in which the means of production and distribution of goods and services are publically owned.
An economic system in which the means of production and distribution of goods and services are publically owned.
Socialism Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Socialism
Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community for the purposes of increasing social and economic equality and cooperation. This control may be either direct—exercised through popular collectives such as workers' councils—or indirect—exercised on behalf of the people by the state. As an economic system, socialism is often characterized by socialized (state or community) ownership of the means of production.
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