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(politics) A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources or capital.
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(politics, philosophy) An ideological framework for viewing capitalism and its effects on politics, economics, and public thought.
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A 17th-century mercantilist economic and political doctrine created by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the Controller-General of Finances under Louis XIV of France.
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(Marxism) the perception of the social relationships involved in production as economic relationships among the money and commodities exchanged in market trade, instead of as relationships among people.
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(politics) A political theory based on the idea of a social contract between a ruler and their subjects.
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One who believes in the copyleft philosophy.
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(politics) A move toward politics like those of Jeremy Corbyn of Britain's Labour Party, associated with a traditional socialist approach but marred by accusations of anti-Semitism.
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(Marxism, academia) A form of Marxism perceived as subsumed by capitalism and thus as unauthentic by its critics (usually other Marxists).
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(politics, historical) Synonym of domino effect
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(economics) The concept that the relationship between the rich and the poor countries is just a global version of the dualism that we see in every aspect of life; a concept that in interrelations the superior elements do little or nothing to pull up the inferior elements, and may serve to push them down.
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The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.
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(dated) A person who accepts or promotes the view of equalitarianism.
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Advocating that social reforms be reached through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution; specifically, relating to the Fabian Society, a British socialist society advocating reformist socialism.
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The implementation of social reform through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution.
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(politics) Advocate of federalism.
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An economic and social system based on industrial mass production, where the worker is paid relatively high wages in order to buy in large quantity the products turned out in mass production.
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The economic policy of having a free market.
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An economic philosophy stating that things found in nature, most importantly land, belong equally to all. It is usually associated with the idea of a single tax on the value of land.
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socialism from / with a globalist approach
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(rare) Synonym of gopnik
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A political or social theory or system that advocates the equitable distribution of power in a society.
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(sociology) Politics based on social identity.
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Abbreviation of international socialist. [(communism) A member of any of various Trotskyist tendencies that hope to form bonds between workers of different countries]
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A region that has ethnic or historic ties to a political entity (such as a country) other than the one that rules it.
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An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism.
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(economics) Being or relating to a labour paradigm involving a mutualization of the responsibility for employment (among businesses, unions, government, etc.) and relatively little hierarchical structure.
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(politics) According to certain Marxist beliefs, the modern capitalist state when regarded as controlled or influenced by government, rather than being a true free market.
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(economics) A prescriptive or normative economic stance according to which the state should actively stimulate economic growth and improve stability in the private sector through interest rates, taxation and public projects.
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(economics, political science) The theory, usually associated with Marxian economics, that freely reproducible goods get their value from socially necessary human labor time.
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(economics, political science) Alternative form of labor theory of value. [(economics, political science) The theory, usually associated with Marxian economics, that freely reproducible goods get their value from socially necessary human labor time.]
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(economics, political science) Alternative form of labor value theory.
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(politics) The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.
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Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
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(education) Synonym of general education
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Eye dialect spelling of liberal. [(now rare outside set phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.]
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(economics, libertarianism) The belief that no actions to mitigate the effects of recessions should be taken by the government or the central bank, since the liquidation of struggling companies is a solution in itself.
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(economics) The theory that holds that the prosperity of a nation depends upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of trade is unchangeable.
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Belief in the desirability and practicality of minimum government.
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Of, pertaining to, or advocating monetarism.
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(politics) A person who advocates mutualism
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(capitalism) Capitalist ideology that focuses on the compatibility of support for civil liberties and free markets on the one hand and a concern for social justice or the worst-off’s well-being on the other.
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(politics) A cultural and political movement, mainly in Latin American countries, distinct from twentieth-century populism in radically combining classically opposed left-wing and right-wing attitudes and using electronic media as a means of dissemination.
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(US politics, historical) A proponent of the New Deal.
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One who subscribes to paleoliberalism.
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(historical) The policy or principles of the Parnellites.
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A proposed alternative to capitalism that uses participatory decision making.
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In leftist political thought, a stage beyond imperialism embodied by the United States.
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Support for the idea of a planned economy.
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An ideology or political practice that favors extensive, especially oppressive, policing.
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(sometimes derogatory) Any of various socialist reform movements.
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The period of political and economic transformation or transition in former communist states located in parts of Europe and Asia, in which new governments aimed to create free market-oriented capitalist economies.
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A syncretic ideology of populist economic nationalism that holds that the productive forces of society — the ordinary worker, the small businessman, and the entrepreneur — are being held back by parasitical elements at the top and bottom of the social structure.
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A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
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(historical) A period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned the 1890s to the 1920s.
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A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society.
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Supporting or in favour of socialism.
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Similar to liberalism, but before its establishment.
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(politics) Taking over power via allegedly undemocratic means.
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(Internet slang, derogatory) A radical liberal.
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(politics) A supporter of ratification (of a treaty, etc.).
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An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.
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Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
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(economics, politics) The advocacy of restrictions on free trade, immigration etc.
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(politics) A mid-20th-century offshoot of Marxism, influenced by avant-garde art movements.
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Abbreviation of Socialist. [Of, belonging to, or constituting a party or political group that advocates socialism.]
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(politics, economics) a political and economic philosophy originated by C. H. Douglas which envisages an "aristocracy of producers, serving and accredited by a democracy of consumers".
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A doctrine that, under capitalism, purchasing power is not sufficiently in the hands of those who spend the money, and that the governmental should control retail prices and see to the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
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Of or pertaining to social democracy.
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Of or pertaining to social liberalism
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One who supports or advocates socialism.
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A mere doctrinaire or theoretical advocate of socialism.
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Any of various national political parties chiefly identified by their support for some form of socialism, particularly the French Socialist Party.
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One who is converted to socialism.
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(politics) A supporter of souverainism.
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(socialism) A type of socialism wherein some or many of the means of production are controlled by the state, the state in turn being operated by (or on behalf of) the workers.
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The political philosophy of Tacitus
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A person with a liberal attitude toward the introduction of modern technology.
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A person who adopts the Third Position as a political stance.
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(historical, politics) Those countries not aligned with the west or the east during the Cold War.
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(historical, socialism) Socialism that is focussed on planning and building a flawless and egalitarian society, but has little to no concern with methodology, class struggle, and the status quo at large.
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A form of capitalism that includes social welfare policies.
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(politics, Marxism, communism) The idea where, under a very socialistic society, people govern themselves as a commune without needing a government or law enforcement.
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