as in communist
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause
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Wells, a Fabian socialist like George Bernard Shaw, wrote a speculative treatise that predicted the ecology movement, the arms race, socialist pacifism, and WWII.
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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
Nothing budged Maduro, a former bus driver and socialist who took office after the 2013 death of Latin American leftist icon Hugo Chavez.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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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
Nothing budged Maduro, a former bus driver and socialist who took office after the 2013 death of Latin American leftist icon Hugo Chavez.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Socialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialist. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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