# socialist
## English
### Alternative forms

* Socialist (adjective and noun)

### Etymology

From social +‎ -ist.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/
** Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

socialist (comparative more socialist, superlative most socialist)
* Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.
** 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:...it must be remembered that in a Socialist farm or manufactory, each labourer would be under the eye not of one master, but of the whole community.
** 1949 May, Albert Einstein, “Why Socialism?”, in Monthly Review:I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.

#### Synonyms

* socialistic

#### Antonyms

* capitalist
* capitalistic

#### Derived terms

* antisocialist
* anti-socialist
* democratic socialist
* eco-socialist
* ecosocialist
* enviro-socialist
* international socialist
* Marxian socialist
* national socialist
* National Socialist
* neo-socialist
* neosocialist
* palaeosocialist
* palaeo-socialist
* paleosocialist
* paleo-socialist
* pan-socialist
* post-socialist
* postsocialist
* pre-socialist
* presocialist
* prosocialist
* pro-socialist
* pseudosocialist
* pseudo-socialist
* Radical Rocialist
* Radical-Socialist
* radical-socialist
* radical socialist
* Sacred Heart socialist
* scientific socialist
* socialist of the chair
* socialist party
* socialist realism
* socialist realist
* Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

#### Related terms

* socialism

#### Translations
### Noun

socialist (plural socialists)
* One who supports or advocates socialism.
** 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate.

#### Antonyms

* capitalist
* free enterpriser

#### Derived terms

* academic socialist
* antisocialist
* anti-socialist
* champagne socialist
* chardonnay socialist
* convinced socialist
* eco-socialist
* ecosocialist
* Gucci socialist
* libertarian socialist
* Marxian socialist
* National Socialist
* neo-socialist
* neosocialist
* palaeosocialist
* palaeo-socialist
* paleosocialist
* paleo-socialist
* parlor socialist
* parlour socialist
* post-socialist
* postsocialist
* pre-socialist
* presocialist
* prosocialist
* pro-socialist
* pseudosocialist
* pseudo-socialist
* Radical Socialist
* radical socialist
* Sacred Heart socialist
* silver-spoon socialist
* smoked salmon socialist
* state socialist

#### Translations
### See also

* capitalist
* communist
* Communist
* Fabianist
* fascist
* Fascist
* leftist
* Leninist
* Maoist
* Marxist
* Marxist-Leninist
* rightist
* Stalinist
* Titoist

### References

* “socialist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* socialist in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
* “socialist”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
* "socialist" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 286.
* “socialist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## Danish
### Etymology

Equivalent to social +‎ -ist. From French socialiste.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [soɕaˈlisd̥], [ɕoˈɕaˈlisd̥]

### Noun

socialist c (singular definite socialisten, plural indefinite socialister)
* socialist

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

From English socialist, from French socialiste.

### Pronunciation

* (Netherlands) IPA: /ˌsoː.ʃaːˈlɪst/
* (Belgium) IPA: /ˌsoː.s(i.)jaːˈlɪst/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: so‧ci‧a‧list
* Rhymes: -ɪst

### Noun

socialist m (plural socialisten, diminutive socialistje n, feminine socialiste)
* socialist [from ca. 1840]

#### Derived terms

* biefstuksocialist
* salonsocialist
* socialistenvreter
* socialistisch

#### Related terms

* socialisme

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: sosialis
* → Indonesian: sosialis

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* сочиалист (socialist) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

Borrowed from French socialiste, By surface analysis, social +‎ -ist.

### Adjective

socialist m or n (feminine singular socialistă, masculine plural socialiști, feminine and neuter plural socialiste)
* socialist

#### Derived terms

* Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească f
* republică autonomă socialistă sovietică f
* republică sovietică socialistă f
* Uniunea Republicilor Sovietice Socialiste f

### Noun

socialist m (plural socialiști, feminine equivalent socialistă)
* socialist

#### Declension
### Related terms

* socialism

## Swedish
### Noun

socialist c
* a socialist

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | socialist | socialists |
| singular | definite | socialisten | socialistens |
| plural | indefinite | socialister | socialisters |
| plural | definite | socialisterna | socialisternas |

#### Related terms

* socialism
* socialistisk

### References

* socialist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* socialist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)