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socialism (iou)



socialism noun. Also Socialism. E19.
[French socialisme, formed as SOCIAL: see -ISM.]
A political and economic theory or policy of social organization which advocates that the community as a whole should own and control the means of production, capital, land, property, etc. Also spec. in Marxist theory, a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism.
Christian Socialism: see CHRISTIAN adjective. National Socialism: see NATIONAL adjective.