socialism
noun [ U ] politics uk/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/ us/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/
C2 社会主义;社会主义制度
the set of beliefs that states that all people are equal and should share equally in a country's money, or the political systems based on these beliefs
Compare: capitalismcommunism
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- Equality is one of the pillars of socialism.
- It was the famous speech in which he proclaimed that socialism was dead.
- We must not let the burning torch of socialism go out.
- All her life she had implicit faith in socialism.
- He used a perverted form of socialism to incite racial hatred.