socialist English · revision 6384

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/ ''(UK)''; /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[social]] and [[-ist]],^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) or from [[fr|socialiste]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) at first in reference to the teachings of Saint-Simon, the founder of French socialism.^(Etymonline) In the 18th century Latin socialista had been used, in a different sense, of the followers of the Dutch jurist Grotius.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who advocates socialism: 1827.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Etymonline notes that the word came into its modern sense in French about 1835.^(Etymonline) The adjective, of persons, is from 1839 and of ideas from 1848,^(OED 1989) and a member of a Socialist party from 1871.^(OED 1989) ''Socialist realism'', the official artistic theory of the Soviet Union, is from 1934.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1827 – an advocate of socialism.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1839 – the adjective.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1871 – a member of a Socialist party.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1934 – socialist realism.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who supports [[socialism]], or a member of a socialist party.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of, relating to or supporting socialism.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[socialistic]]

+ * [[socialistically]]

+ * [[nonsocialist]]

+ * [[semisocialist]]

+ * [[antisocialist]]

+ * [[presocialist]]

+ * [[socialist party]]

+ * [[socialist realism]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[socialism]]

+ * [[social]]

+ * [[society]]

+ * [[communist]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}