English-Thai Dictionary

socialism

N ระบบสังคมนิยม  Communism ra-bob-sang-kom-ni-yom

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOCIALISM

So "cial *ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. socialisme. ]

 

Defn: A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism. [Socialism ] was first applied in England to Owen's theory of social reconstruction, and in France to those also of St. Simon and Fourier. .. The word, however, is used with a great variety of meaning, ... even by economists and learned critics. The general tendency is to regard as socialistic any interference undertaken by society on behalf of the poor, ... radical social reform which disturbs the present system of private property. .. The tendency of the present socialism is more and more to ally itself with the most advanced democracy. Encyc. Brit. We certainly want a true history of socialism, meaning by that a history of every systematic attempt to provide a new social existence for the mass of the workers. F. Harrison.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

socialism

so cial ism |ˈsōSHəˌlizəm ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm | ▶noun a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. • policy or practice based on this theory. • (in Marxist theory ) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism. The term “socialism ” has been used to describe positions as far apart as anarchism, Soviet state communism, and social democracy; however, it necessarily implies an opposition to the untrammeled workings of the economic market. The socialist parties that have arisen in most European countries from the late 19th century have generally tended toward social democracy. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French socialisme, from social (see social ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

socialism

so ¦cial |ism |ˈsəʊʃəlɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. • policy or practice based on this theory. • (in Marxist theory ) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism. The term ‘socialism ’ has been used to describe positions as far apart as anarchism, Soviet state Communism, and social democracy; however, it necessarily implies an opposition to the untrammelled workings of the economic market. The socialist parties that have arisen in most European countries from the late 19th century have generally tended towards social democracy. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French socialisme, from social (see social ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

socialism

socialism noun my appreciation for certain aspects of socialism does not mean I'm a socialist: leftism, welfarism; radicalism, progressivism, social democracy; communism, Marxism, labor movement.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

socialism

socialism noun leftism, Fabianism, syndicalism, consumer socialism, utopian socialism, welfarism; communism, Bolshevism; radicalism, militancy; progressivism, social democracy; labourism; Marxism, Leninism, Marxism –Leninism, neo-Marxism, Trotskyism, Maoism. ANTONYMS conservatism.

 

French Dictionary

socialisme

socialisme n. m. nom masculin Doctrine politique qui place le progrès social, l ’intérêt collectif au-dessus des intérêts particuliers. Note Typographique Les noms de doctrines s ’écrivent avec une minuscule.

 

Spanish Dictionary

socialismo

socialismo nombre masculino 1 Doctrina política y económica que propugna la propiedad y la administración de los medios de producción por parte de las clases trabajadoras con el fin de lograr una organización de la sociedad en la cual exista una igualdad política, social y económica de todas las personas :muchos artistas se adhieren a la causa del socialismo, asumiendo como propios los sufrimientos y las aspiraciones de las clases desposeídas .2 Sistema político, económico y social basado en esta doctrina :creían en la posibilidad de una vía no violenta, constitucional y democrática para construir un sistema distinto que permitiese avanzar hacia el socialismo sin los traumas históricos de otras experiencias .socialismo real Sistema político, económico y social conseguido en la antigua Unión Soviética y otros países :la búsqueda de refugio por parte de diecisiete ciudadanos cubanos en las embajadas de Checoslovaquia y España coinciden en el tiempo con los últimos estertores de los regímenes del llamado socialismo real .3 Doctrina política y económica derivada de la anterior que defiende la intervención del estado en la dirección de la política económica, pero no propugna la propiedad y administración comunitaria de los medios de producción .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

socialism

so cial ism /sóʊʃəlɪ̀z (ə )m /→social 名詞 U 社会主義 ; 〖しばしばS -〗社会主義運動 [政策 ].