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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If a Democratic socialist wins Neither the state House nor the state Senate have members right now who identify as Democratic socialists, top Democratic leaders told Axios.
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Melissa Santos, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Wells, a Fabian socialist like George Bernard Shaw, wrote a speculative treatise that predicted the ecology movement, the arms race, socialist pacifism, and WWII.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
According to a preliminary vote count, Cambridge Rep. Marjorie Decker lost to graduate student Evan MacKay, a democratic socialist, by just 40 votes, a margin that could trigger a recount.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
According to Carson, communists, Marxists, socialists and other leftists have insidiously undermined the nuclear family by infiltrating the media and universities.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
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Melissa Santos, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Wells, a Fabian socialist like George Bernard Shaw, wrote a speculative treatise that predicted the ecology movement, the arms race, socialist pacifism, and WWII.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
According to a preliminary vote count, Cambridge Rep. Marjorie Decker lost to graduate student Evan MacKay, a democratic socialist, by just 40 votes, a margin that could trigger a recount.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
According to Carson, communists, Marxists, socialists and other leftists have insidiously undermined the nuclear family by infiltrating the media and universities.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Socialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialist. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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