democratic socialism
socialism, or a modified form of socialism, achieved by a gradual transition by and under democratic political processes.
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Origin of democratic socialism
1Other words from democratic socialism
- democratic socialist, noun
- Compare social democracy.
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How to use democratic socialism in a sentence
The rise of ethno-nationalism on the right and democratic socialism on the left testify to the growing disillusionment with the conventional wisdom of how government and economics are supposed to work.
Try to change the subject to something like the pre-pandemic roaring economy or democratic socialism.
VP Debates Usually Don’t Matter. But We’re Way Past Usual. | Sarah Frostenson (sarah.frostenson@abc.com) | October 7, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightTraditional liberalism was good while democratic socialism provoked the uneasy but passing grade of neutral.
Social theory in its first crude form of democratic socialism gripped my intelligence more and more powerfully.
Tono Bungay | H. G. Wellsdemocratic socialism has, hitherto at least, adopted on its party programme no formulary of the normal working-day required by it.
The Theory and Policy of Labour Protection | Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schffle
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