socialist

adj
/ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/UK/ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/US

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-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English socialist From social + -ist.

  1. derived from -istebor
  2. derived from -istader
  3. derived from socialbor

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.

    • ...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.
    • 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.
  2. One who supports or advocates socialism.

    • A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate.
  3. Of, belonging to, or constituting a party or political group that advocates socialism.

    • An intelligent Socialist movement will use their patriotism, instead of merely insulting it, as hitherto.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A member of a party or political group that advocates socialism.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at socialist. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at socialist. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at socialist

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA