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socialist

[soh-shuh-list] / ˈsoʊ ʃə lɪst /


ADJECTIVE
left-wing
Synonyms


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But in an interview late last year, Platner declined to be identified as a democratic socialist, saying, “It’s not my politics.”

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old Democratic socialist, capitalized on the state’s leftward turn and voter dissatisfaction with incumbents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

But it would also become a time of an enormous sense of loss for people in the east who found their socialist society absorbed, almost overnight, into the capitalist west.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Like Mamdani, Lewis George identifies as a democratic socialist, not a communist.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Then there was Dr. James Parkinson, who was also an early socialist and author of many provocative pamphlets with titles like "Revolution without Bloodshed."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

A CNN poll last summer found that one-third of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents think of themselves as democratic socialists like Ms. Ocasio-Cortez.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 2026

Legislation liberalizing the sector is expected to sail through parliament, where Rodriguez's socialists have a majority.

From Barron's Jan. 22, 2026

But it showed that there can be successful democratic socialists all over the world.

From Slate Nov. 19, 2025

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders, also democratic socialists, endorsed Mamdani during his campaign.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2025

Yet this is not fair to a very small group of German minority socialists, who stood by Liebknecht and by whom Liebknecht stood.

From The Future Belongs to the People by Liebknecht, Karl Paul August Friedrich




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