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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The 2010s resistance to Trump — that sprawling, seemingly irrepressible mass movement that joined everyone from Bush Republicans to Bernie socialists — was like little else in the modern era.
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Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
But to hear Biden, who ran for the Presidency not as a democratic socialist or a social democrat but as a centrist in the party, speak out against the gathering signs of oligarchy has meaning.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
But Florida Democrats fear Biden's move gives Trump a chance to frame their party as beholden to socialists.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
The Democrats, spanning the ideological range from conservatives to socialists, are 100% unified behind Hakeem Jeffries, who will get 215 votes on every ballot taken.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
But to hear Biden, who ran for the Presidency not as a democratic socialist or a social democrat but as a centrist in the party, speak out against the gathering signs of oligarchy has meaning.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
But Florida Democrats fear Biden's move gives Trump a chance to frame their party as beholden to socialists.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
The Democrats, spanning the ideological range from conservatives to socialists, are 100% unified behind Hakeem Jeffries, who will get 215 votes on every ballot taken.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Socialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialist. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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