socialist
noun
so·cial·ist
ˈsō-sh(ə-)list 
1
: one who advocates or practices socialism
2
capitalized
: a member of a party or political group advocating socialism
socialist
adjective
often capitalized
Examples of socialist in a Sentence
a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause
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In this city, a democratic socialist could become mayor and a natural foods restaurant, the Moosewood, could emerge as a counterculture touchstone.
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Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
Once rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, the two men later joined forces to assemble half a dozen policy task forces that underpinned the party’s policy platform later that year — an unusual endeavor that helped bring the Democratic socialist’s supporters into Biden’s fold.
—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 7 May 2024
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Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
Once rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, the two men later joined forces to assemble half a dozen policy task forces that underpinned the party’s policy platform later that year — an unusual endeavor that helped bring the Democratic socialist’s supporters into Biden’s fold.
—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 7 May 2024
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“Socialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialist. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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