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socialist

[soh-shuh-list] / ˈsoʊ ʃə lɪst /


ADJECTIVE
left-wing
Synonyms


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Nor was it a shock that in the primary for Los Angeles mayor, progressive incumbent Karen Bass and democratic socialist City Councilmember Nithya Raman finished first and second over Republican reality television star Spencer Pratt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

In America, Bundism dissolved into socialist Sunday schools, a summer camp and academic leftism.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

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

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

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

Say this for the socialists running for Congress: They have an ambitious policy agenda.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The effort is also entirely bipartisan, uniting Trump-supporting Republicans with young socialists in a fight for their land and resources.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

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

From Barron's Jan. 22, 2026

A spokesperson for Sultana said: "This witch hunt is indefensible - we must build a party that welcomes all socialists."

From BBC Nov. 29, 2025

He thought, moreover, that Lassalle erred gravely in making the socialists a political party, and that they should have remained a purely economic one.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John




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