ALL meanings of socialism
so·cial·ism
S s - noun socialism left-wing political belief 1
- noun socialism a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole. 1
- noun socialism procedure or practice in accordance with this theory. 1
- noun socialism (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles. 1
- uncountable noun socialism Socialism is a set of left-wing political principles whose general aim is to create a system in which everyone has an equal opportunity to benefit from a country's wealth. Under socialism, the country's main industries are usually owned by the state. 0
- noun socialism an economic theory or system in which the means of production, distribution, and exchange are owned by the community collectively, usually through the state. It is characterized by production for use rather than profit, by equality of individual wealth, by the absence of competitive economic activity, and, usually, by government determination of investment, prices, and production levels 0
- noun socialism any of various social or political theories or movements in which the common welfare is to be achieved through the establishment of a socialist economic system 0
- noun socialism (in Leninist theory) a transitional stage after the proletarian revolution in the development of a society from capitalism to communism: characterized by the distribution of income according to work rather than need 0
- noun socialism any of various theories or systems of the ownership and operation of the means of production and distribution by society or the community rather than by private individuals, with all members of society or the community sharing in the work and the products 0
- noun socialism a political movement for establishing such a system 0
- noun socialism the doctrines, methods, etc. of the Socialist parties 0
- noun socialism the stage of society, in Marxist doctrine, coming between the capitalist stage and the communist stage, in which private ownership of the means of production and distribution has been eliminated 0