Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An advocate of socialism.
- noun A member of a political party or group that advocates socialism.
- adjective Of, promoting, or practicing socialism.
- adjective Of, belonging to, or constituting a socialist party or political group.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who advocates socialism.
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of socialism or its advocates; relating to or favoring socialism: as, a socialist writer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism.
- noun One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, promoting, practicing, or characteristic of
socialism . - noun One who practices or advocates
socialism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective advocating or following the socialist principles
- noun a political advocate of socialism
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Examples
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A recent Bloomberg National Poll confirmed what was already apparent, that the Tea Party movement has an intense hatred for anything they, or their leaders, deem to be socialist while both appreciating and wanting more government support for programs they like and, of course, not really understanding what the term socialist means.
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But what concerns me is when in some of those town hall meetings including the one that we saw in Missouri recently where there were jokes made about lynching, etc., you start to wonder whether in fact the word socialist is becoming a code word, whether or not socialist is becoming the new n-word for frankly for some angry upset birthers and others.42
OBAMA ZOMBIES Jason Mattera 2010
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A recent Bloomberg National Poll confirmed what was already apparent, that the Tea Party movement has an intense hatred for anything they, or their leaders, deem to be socialist while both appreciating and wanting more government support for programs they like and, of course, not really understanding what the term socialist means.
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But what concerns me is when in some of those town hall meetings including the one that we saw in Missouri recently where there were jokes made about lynching, etc., you start to wonder whether in fact the word socialist is becoming a code word, whether or not socialist is becoming the new n-word for frankly for some angry upset birthers and others.42
OBAMA ZOMBIES Jason Mattera 2010
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We do use the term socialist too loosely, really as a substitute for big gov't.
"This is an experiment... an exciting opportunity for me to look at a computer and get a snapshot of what Americans across the country care about." Ann Althouse 2009
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We do use the term socialist too loosely, really as a substitute for big gov't.
"This is an experiment... an exciting opportunity for me to look at a computer and get a snapshot of what Americans across the country care about." Ann Althouse 2009
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The NY Post actually ran a story on their front page today about her bonds plan for newborns and used the term socialist in it.
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I could also get you to explore the label socialist a bit more.
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RNC chairman Michael S. Steele is resisting the resolution even as he uses the term socialist to describe the Obama administration's fiscal policies.
Jacob Heilbrunn: The GOP Needs Its Own "Secret Speech" Repudiating the Cheney Era 2009
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"We do use the term socialist too loosely, really as a substitute for big gov't."
"This is an experiment... an exciting opportunity for me to look at a computer and get a snapshot of what Americans across the country care about." Ann Althouse 2009
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