socialist

See also: Socialist

English

Alternative forms

• Socialist (adjective and noun)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy

Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós

Proto-Italic *sokjos

Latin sokios

Latin socius

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin sociālislbor.

Middle French socialbor.

English social

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English socialist

From social + -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/

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Adjective

socialist (comparative more socialist, superlative most socialist)

1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.
   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, chapter 1, in Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy. […], volume II, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC:

     […] it must be remembered that in a Socialist farm or manufactory, each labourer would be under the eye not of one master, but of the whole community.

   • 1949 May, Albert Einstein, “Why Socialism?”, in Monthly Review:

     I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.

   • 2023 April 28, Frederick Studemann, “Katja Hoyer: we need to hear ‘the whole story’ about East Germany”, in Financial Times‎^[1], London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC:

     As an inquisitive teenager growing up in provincial eastern Germany, Katja Hoyer one day raised a question in class. How was her teacher suddenly able to switch from all those years of teaching history and politics from a triumphant socialist perspective to that of a new, western-led curriculum?

     (Can we archive this URL?)

Synonyms

• socialistic

Antonyms

• capitalist
• capitalistic

Derived terms

• antisocialist
• anti-socialist
• brocialist
• champagne socialist
• democratic socialist
• eco-socialist
• ecosocialist
• envirosocialist
• enviro-socialist
• international socialist
• Islamosocialist
• Marxian socialist
• National Socialist
• national socialist
• neosocialist
• neo-socialist
• nonsocialist
• palaeosocialist, palaeo-socialist
• paleosocialist, paleo-socialist
• pan-socialist
• postsocialist, post-socialist
• presocialist, pre-socialist
• prosocialist, pro-socialist
• pseudosocialist, pseudo-socialist
• Radical Socialist, Radical-Socialist
• radical socialist, radical-socialist
• Sacred Heart socialist
• scientific socialist
• semisocialist
• socialist of the chair
• socialist party
• socialist realism
• socialist realist
• Socialist Republic of Croatia
• Socialist Republic of Serbia
• socie
• soycialist
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• unsocialist
• utopian socialist

Related terms

• socialism

Translations

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism

• Afrikaans: sosialisties
• Albanian: socialist
• Arabic: اِشْتِرَاكِيّ (ištirākiyy)
• Aragonese: socialista
• Armenian: սոցիալիստական (hy) (socʻialistakan)
• Asturian: socialista
• Azerbaijani:

  Cyrillic: сосиалист

  Latin: sosialist

• Basque: sozialista
• Belarusian: сацыялісты́чны (sacyjalistýčny)
• Bengali: সমাজতান্ত্রিক (bn) (śomajotantrik)
• Bulgarian: социалисти́чески (socialistíčeski)
• Catalan: socialista (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社會主義的 / 社会主义的 (zh) (shèhuì zhǔyì de)

• Corsican: sucialista
• Crimean Tatar: sotsialistik
• Czech: socialistický (cs)
• Danish: socialistisk
• Dutch: socialistisch (nl), socialistische (nl)
• Esperanto: socialisma
• Estonian: sotsialistlik
• Finnish: sosialistinen (fi)
• French: socialiste (fr)
• Galician: socialista (gl)
• Georgian: სოციალისტური (socialisṭuri)
• German: sozialistisch (de)
• Greek: σοσιαλιστικός (el) (sosialistikós)
• Hebrew: סוציאליסטי (sotsialísti)
• Hindi: समाजवादी (hi) (samājvādī)
• Hungarian: szocialista (hu)
• Indonesian: sosialistis (id)
• Ingrian: sotsialisticeskoi
• Irish: sóisialach
• Italian: socialista (it)
• Japanese: 社会主義の (しゃかいしゅぎの, shakai shugi-no)
• Kannada: ಸಮಾಜವಾದಿ (kn) (samājavādi)
• Kazakh: социалистік (socıyalıystik)
• Khmer: សង្គមនិយម (sɑngkumniyum)
• Korean: 사회주의(社會主義) (ko) (sahoejuui)
• Kyrgyz: социалисттик (ky) (sotsialisttik)
• Lao: ສັງຄົມນິຍົມ (sang khom ni nyom)
• Latin: sociālisticus
• Latvian: sociālistisks
• Lithuanian: socialistinis m, socialistinė f
• Macedonian: социјалистички (socijalistički)
• Malay: sosialis
• Maltese: soċjalist
• Manx: soshiallagh
• Māori: kaioha, manawa hapori, angapori
• Marathi: समाजवादी (samājvādī)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: socialiste
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sosialistisk

  Nynorsk: sosialistisk

• Occitan: socialista
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: سوسِیَالیسْتی (fa) (susiyâlisti)

• Polish: socjalistyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: socialista (pt) c
• Romanian: socialist (ro)

  Cyrillic: сочиалист (socialist)

• Russian: социалисти́ческий (ru) (socialistíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: sòisealach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: социјалистички

  Latin: socijalistički (sh)

• Sinhalese: සමාජවාදී (samājawādī)
• Slovak: socialistický
• Slovene: socialističen
• Spanish: socialista (es)
• Swahili: kisoshalisti
• Swedish: socialistisk (sv)
• Tagalog: ulnungkuruin, sosyalista
• Tajik: сотсиалистӣ (sotsialisti)
• Thai: สังคมนิยม (th) (sǎng-kom-ní-yom)
• Turkish: sosyalist (tr)
• Turkmen:

  Cyrillic: социалистик

  Latin : sosialistik

• Ukrainian: соціалісти́чний (socialistýčnyj)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: социалистик (sotsialistik)

  Latin : sotsialistik

• Vietnamese: xã hội chủ nghĩa (vi) (社會主義)
• Volapük: sogädimik (vo)
• Welsh: sosialaidd
• Yiddish: סאָציאַליסטיש (sotsyalistish)

Noun

socialist (plural socialists)

1. One who supports or advocates socialism.
   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:

     A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate.

Antonyms

• capitalist
• free enterpriser

Derived terms

• academic socialist
• antisocialist
• anti-socialist
• champagne socialist
• chardonnay socialist
• convinced socialist
• eco-socialist
• ecosocialist
• Gucci socialist
• libertarian socialist
• Marxian socialist
• National Socialist
• neosocialist
• neo-socialist
• palaeosocialist
• palaeo-socialist
• paleo-socialist
• paleosocialist
• parlor socialist
• parlour socialist
• postsocialist
• post-socialist
• pre-socialist
• presocialist
• prosocialist
• pro-socialist
• pseudosocialist
• pseudo-socialist
• radical socialist
• Radical Socialist
• Sacred Heart socialist
• sewer socialist
• silver-spoon socialist
• smoked salmon socialist
• state socialist

Translations

one who supports or advocates socialism

• Afrikaans: sosialis
• Albanian: socialist m, socialiste f
• Arabic: اِشْتِرَاكِيّ m (ištirākiyy), اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة f (ištirākiyya)
• Armenian: սոցիալիստ (hy) (socʻialist)
• Asturian: socialista m or f
• Azerbaijani:

  Cyrillic: сосиалист

  Latin: sosialist

• Basque: sozialista anim
• Belarusian: сацыялі́ст m (sacyjalíst), сацыялі́стка f (sacyjalístka)
• Bulgarian: социали́ст m (socialíst), социали́стка f (socialístka)
• Catalan: socialista (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社會主義者 / 社会主义者 (zh) (shèhuì zhǔyì zhě), 社會黨人 / 社会党人 (zh) (shèhuìdǎngrén) (party member)

• Corsican: sucialista m or f
• Czech: socialista m, socialistka f
• Danish: socialist c
• Dutch: socialist (nl) m, socialiste (nl) f
• Esperanto: socialisto
• Estonian: sotsialist
• Finnish: sosialisti (fi)
• French: socialiste (fr) m or f
• Galician: socialista (gl) m or f
• Georgian: სოციალისტი (socialisṭi)
• German: Sozialist (de) m, Sozialistin (de) f
• Greek: σοσιαλιστής (el) m (sosialistís), κοινωνιστής (el) m (koinonistís)
• Hebrew: סוציאליסטי m (sotsialísti), סוציאליסטית f (sotsialístit)
• Hungarian: szocialista (hu)
• Icelandic: sósíalisti m
• Indonesian: sosialis (id)
• Irish: sóisialaí m
• Italian: socialista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 社会主義者 (ja) (しゃかいしゅぎしゃ, shakaishugisha)
• Kazakh: социалист (socıyalıyst)
• Korean: 사회주의자(社會主義者) (ko) (sahoejuuija)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: sosyalîst (ku)

• Kyrgyz: социалист (ky) (sotsialist)
• Latin: socialista m
• Latvian: sociālists m, sociāliste f
• Lithuanian: socialistas m, socialistė f
• Macedonian: социјали́ст m (socijalíst), социјали́стка f (socijalístka)
• Malay: sosialis
• Manx: soshiallagh m
• Marathi: समाजवादी (samājvādī)
• Norman: socialiste m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sosialist (no) m

  Nynorsk: sosialist m

• Occitan: socialista m or f
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: سوسِیَالیسْت (fa) (susiyâlist)

• Polish: socjalista (pl) m, socjalistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: socialista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: socialist (ro) m, socialistă (ro) f

  Cyrillic: сочиалист m (socialist), сочиалистэ f (socialistă)

• Russian: социали́ст (ru) m (socialíst), социали́стка (ru) f (socialístka)
• Scottish Gaelic: sòisealach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: соција̀лист m, соција̀листа m, соција̀листкиња f

  Latin: socijàlist (sh) m, socijàlista f, socijàlistkinja (sh) f

• Slovak: socialista m, socialistka f
• Slovene: socialist m, socialistka f
• Spanish: socialista (es) m or f
• Swedish: socialist (sv) c
• Tagalog: ulnungkumuro
• Tajik: сотсиалист (sotsialist)
• Turkish: sosyalist (tr)
• Turkmen:

  Cyrillic: социалист

  Latin : sosialist

• Ukrainian: соціалі́ст m pers (socialíst), соціалі́стка f pers (socialístka)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: социалист (sotsialist)

  Latin : sotsialist (uz)

• Venetan: sociałista m or f by sense
• Volapük: sogädiman, hisogädiman (male), jisogädiman (female)
• Welsh: sosialydd m
• Yiddish: סאָציאַליסט m (sotsyalist)

See also

• capitalist
• communist
• Communist
• Fabianist
• fascist
• Fascist
• leftist
• Leninist
• Maoist
• Marxist
• Marxist-Leninist
• rightist
• Stalinist
• Titoist

References

• “socialist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• socialist in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• “socialist”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
• Raymond Williams (1983), “Socialist”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 286.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “socialist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to social +‎ -ist. From French socialiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soɕaˈlisd̥]

Noun

socialist c (singular definite socialisten, plural indefinite socialister)

1. socialist

Declension

Declension of socialist

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	socialist	socialisten	socialister	socialisterne
genitive	socialists	socialistens	socialisters	socialisternes

Dutch

Etymology

From English socialist, from French socialiste.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˌsoː.ʃaːˈlɪst/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ˌsoː.s(i.)jaːˈlɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: so‧ci‧a‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

socialist m (plural socialisten, diminutive socialistje n, female equivalent socialiste)

1. socialist [from ca. 1840]

Derived terms

• biefstuksocialist
• salonsocialist
• socialistenvreter
• socialistisch

Related terms

• socialisme

Descendants

• > Afrikaans: sosialis (inherited)
• → Indonesian: sosialis

Romanian

Alternative forms

• сочиалист (socialist) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy

Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós

Proto-Italic *sokjos

Latin sokios

Latin socius

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin sociālisder.

French social

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

French -iste

French socialistebor.

Romanian socialist

Borrowed from French socialiste. By surface analysis, social + -ist.

Adjective

socialist m or n (feminine singular socialistă, masculine plural socialiști, feminine/neuter plural socialiste)

1. socialist

Declension

Declension of socialist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	socialist		socialistă	socialiști	socialiste
	definite	socialistul		socialista	socialiștii	socialistele
genitive- dative	indefinite	socialist		socialiste	socialiști	socialiste
	definite	socialistului		socialistei	socialiștilor	socialistelor

Derived terms

• Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească f
• republică autonomă socialistă sovietică f
• republică sovietică socialistă f
• Uniunea Republicilor Sovietice Socialiste f

Noun

socialist m (plural socialiști, feminine equivalent socialistă)

1. socialist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	socialist	socialistul	socialiști	socialiștii
genitive-dative	socialist	socialistului	socialiști	socialiștilor
vocative	socialistule		socialiștilor

Related terms

• socialism

Swedish

Noun

socialist c

1. a socialist

Declension

Declension of socialist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	socialist	socialists
	definite	socialisten	socialistens
plural	indefinite	socialister	socialisters
	definite	socialisterna	socialisternas

Related terms

• socialism
• socialistisk

References

• “socialist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “socialist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)