socialism English · revision 15360

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing, derivation|attested=1837|origins=la socius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsəʊʃəlɪzəm/ ''(UK)''; /ˈsoʊʃəlɪzəm/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|socialisme]] (1832) or formed in English from [[social]] and [[-ism]], perhaps after the earlier [[socialist]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) The French word was probably first used in 1831 of the teachings of the Fourierists, and Pierre Leroux claimed to have coined it.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A theory of social organization in which the means of production are owned in common: 1837 in Barnhart, the OED, Etymonline and Merriam-Webster.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) It was apparently first used in English of Robert Owen's experimental communities.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A state of society in which things are held in common is from 1879.^(OED 1989) In Marxist theory socialism is the stage between capitalism and communism.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1831 – socialisme in French.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1837 – socialism in English.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1879 – a society holding things in common.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A political and economic theory or system in which the [[means of production]] and distribution are owned collectively, usually by the state.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(Marxism)'' The stage of society between [[capitalism]] and [[communism]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[semisocialism]]

+ * [[unsocialism]]

+ * [[Fabianism]]

+ * [[presocialism]]

+ * [[guild socialism]]

+ * [[National Socialism]]

+ * [[state socialism]]

+ * [[utopian socialism]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[social]]

+ * [[social democrat]]

+ * [[social democracy]]

+ * [[socialise]]

+ * [[socialist]]

+ * [[socialistic]]

+ * [[socialize]]

+ * [[socialization]]

+ * [[society]]

+ * [[communism]]

+ * [[capitalism]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}